Le lac des cygnes
Contributors: De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001; Ashton, Frederick, Sir, 1904-1988; Hollingsworth, John, 1916-1963; Hurry, Leslie, 1909-; Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901; Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893; Sadler's Wells Ballet; American University Concerts (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Loew's Capitol Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1954
Language: eng
Other titles: Sadler's Wells Ballet; Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ivanov and Petipa)
Description: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Ltd., David L. Webster, general administrator, in association with The Arts Council of Great Britain presents "The Sadler's Wells Ballet," from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, under the management of S. Hurok, Washington management: The American University Concerts, Patrick Hayes, managing director, director: Ninette De Valois, associate director: Frederick Ashton, musical director: Robert Irving, conductors: John Hollingsworth, Robert Irving, guest conductor: Robert Zeller, "Le Lac des Cygnes," ballet in four acts, music by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, produced by Nicolai Sergeyev, present production revised by Ninette de Valois, choreography for the Pas de Six in Act I and the Neapolitan Dance in Act III by Frederick Ashton, scenery and costumes by Leslie Hurry, lighting by John Sullivan, conductor: John Hollingsworth.
Notes: Loew's Capitol Theatre, [Washington, DC], Thursday, January 14, 1954, 8:30 p.m.

Title devised by Library staff.

"The American University Concerts. The Sadler's Wells Ballet, Loew's Capitol Theatre, Thursday, January 14, 1954--8:30 p.m., Patrick Hayes, managing director"--Cover.

Cast: Michael Somes, Stella Claire, Ray Powell, Leslie Edwards, Rosemary Lindsay, Mary Drage, Svetlana Beriosova, Alexander Grant, Desmond Doyle, Philip Chatfield, Valerie Taylor, David Blair, Anya Linden, Anne Heaton, Franklin White, Henry Naughton, Peter Clegg, Gary Burne, Antony Manning, Michael Boulton, Leon Arnold, Ronald Hynd, Ronald Plaisted, Douglas Steuart, Henry Legerton, Bryan Ashbridge, Joan Benesh, Cynthia Blowers, Judith Sinclair, Shirley Bateman, Jean Horne, Yvonne English, Brenda Taylor, Fiorella Keane, Deidre Dixon, Valerie Adams, Catherine Boulton, Elaine Morgan, Wendy Winn, Patricia Thorogood, Rosemary Valaire, Margot Fonteyn, Arnott Mader, June Lesley, Margaret Dale, Dorothea Zaymes, Angela Walton, Anya Linden, Greta Hamby, Julia Farron, April Olrich, Meriel Evans, Avrille Navarre.

Principal artists: Margot Fonteyn, Violetta Elvin, Rowena Jackson, Nadia Nerina, Michael Somes, John Field, Alexander Grant, John Hart, Alexis Rassine, Brian Shaw, guest artist: Pamela May, Svetlana Beriosova, Pauline Clayden, Margaret Dale, Mary Drage, Julia Farron, Anne Heaton, Rosemary Lindsay, Avril Navarre, April Olrich, Bryan Ashbridge, David Blair, Philip Chatfield, Peter Clegg, Leslie Edwards, Henry Legerton, Kenneth Melville, Ray Powell, Douglas Steuart, Franklin White.

LC copy shelved under: Sadler's Wells Ballet.

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