Giselle
Contributors: De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001; Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988; Lambert, Constant, 1905-1951; Irving, Robert, 1913-1991; Hollingsworth, John, 1916-1963; Bailey, James, 1922-1980; Sergeev, K. M. (Konstantin Mikhailovich), 1910-1992; Coralli, Jean, 1779-1854; Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856; Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856; Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872; Sadler's Wells Ballet; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1950
Language: eng
Other titles: Sadler's Wells Ballet, Metropolitan Opera House; Giselle (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Coralli and Perrot)
Description: Metropolitan Opera House, The Covent Garden Opera Trust, general administrator: David L. Webster, in association with The Arts Council of Great Britain and the British Council presents "The Sadler's Wells Ballet," from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, under the management of S. Hurok, director: Ninette De Valois, principal choreographer: Frederick Ashton, musical director: Robert Irving, artistic direction: Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Constant Lambert, conductors: John Hollingsworth, Robert Irving, guest conductor: Robert Zeller, "Giselle," ballet in two acts, music by Adolphe Adam, scenario by Theophile Gautier based on a theme of Heinrich Heine, produced by Nicholas Sergueef after choreography by Coralli, scenery and costumes by James Bailey, conductor: John Hollingsworth.
Notes: Metropolitan Opera House, Sunday evening, September 24, 1950.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Moira Shearer, Alexis Rassine, Elizabeth Kennedy, Leslie Edwards, Alfred Rodrigues, Julia Farron, Richard Ellis, Jill Gregory, Anne Negus, Margaret Dale, Sheila Nelson, Pauline Clayden, Nadia Nerina, Rosemary Valaire, Christine du Boulay, Anne Heaton, Paula Dunning, Fiorella Keane, Wendy Winn, Rowena Jackson, Mary Drage, Thekla Russell, Valerie Taylor, Greta Hamby, Pauline Wadsworth, Kenneth Macmillan, Peter Clegg, Paul Reymond, Kenneth Melville, Ray Powell, Bryan Ashbridge, Gilbert Vernon, Michael Boulton, Pamela May, Gillian Lynne, Rosemary Lindsay, Margaret Sear, Dorothea Zaymes, Jane Shore, April Olrich.

LC copy shelved under: Sadler's Wells Ballet.

With: Facade. Issued together.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).