Birthday Offering / A Month in the Country / Les Noces: Mixed: Birthday Offering
Tuesday 3 July 2012, 7.30pm
Main Stage
Booking for 30 June 2012 - 7 July 2012 opens
- Booking opened 10 April 2012 for General Public.
- Booking opened 13 March 2012 for Friends of Covent Garden.
- Booking opened 2 March 2012 for Supporting Friends.
- Booking opened 29 February 2012 for Premium 1 Friends.
- Booking opened 28 February 2012 for Premium 2 Friends.
Not on sale
Birthday Offering
Seven ballerinas take solo roles in Frederick Ashton's elegant ballet, created for The Royal Ballet's 25th anniversary.
Credits
| Choreography | Frederick Ashton |
| Music | Alexander Glazunov |
| Arranged by | Robert Irving |
| Costume Designer | André Levasseur |
| Lighting design | John B Read |
| Staging | Christopher Carr |
Performers
| Conductor | Tom Seligman |
| Principal | Marianela Nuñez |
| Principal | Thiago Soares |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
A Month in the Country
A poignant tale of unrequited love: Frederick Ashton captures the mood of Turgenev's play in exquisite choreography.
Credits
| Choreography | Frederick Ashton |
| Music | Fryderyk Chopin |
| Arranged by | John Lanchbery |
| Designs | Julia Trevelyan Oman |
| Lighting design | William Bundy |
| Lighting design | John Charlton |
| Staging | Anthony Dowell |
| Staging | Grant Coyle |
Performers
| Conductor | Barry Wordsworth |
| Principal | Alina Cojocaru |
| Principal | Federico Bonelli |
| Solo Piano | Kate Shipway |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
Les Noces
Bronislava Nijinska weaves together emotion, Russian tradition and memorable imagery in this modernist masterpiece.
Credits
| Choreography | Bronislava Nijinska |
| Words and Music 3 | Igor Stravinsky |
| Designs | Natalia Goncharova |
| Lighting | John B Read |
| Staging | Christopher Newton |
Performers
| Conductor | Barry Wordsworth |
| Principal | Kristen McNally |
| Principal | Valeri Hristov |
| Solo piano | Robert Clark |
| Solo piano | Philip Cornfield |
| Solo piano | Paul Stobart |
| Solo piano | Geoffrey Paterson |
| Solo singer | Rosalind Waters |
| Solo singer | Elizabeth Sikora |
| Solo singer | Jon English |
| Solo singer | Thomas Barnard |
| Chorus | Royal Opera Chorus |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
