La Valse / Méditation from Thaïs / Voices of Spring / Monotones I and II / Marguerite and Armand
Thursday 21 February 2013, 7.30pm
Main Stage
Booking for 12 February 2013 - 23 February 2013 opens
- Booking opened 17 October 2012 for General Public.
- Booking opened 19 September 2012 for Friends of Covent Garden.
- Booking opened 7 September 2012 for Supporting Friends.
- Booking opened 5 September 2012 for Premium 1 Friends.
- Booking opened 4 September 2012 for Premium 2 Friends.
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La Valse / Méditation from Thaïs / Voices of Spring / Monotones I and II / Marguerite and Armand
A richly varied programme showcasing Frederick Ashton's feeling for music and dramatic genius.
La Valse
The stage is filled with swirling dancers in Frederick Ashton’s atmospheric ballet set to a haunting score by Ravel.
Credits
| Choreography | Frederick Ashton |
| Music | Maurice Ravel |
| Designs | André Levasseur |
| Lighting design | John B Read |
| Staging | Christopher Carr |
Performers
| Conductor | Emmanuel Plasson |
| Principal | Hikaru Kobayashi |
| Principal | Samantha Raine |
| Principal | Helen Crawford |
| Principal | Ryoichi Hirano |
| Principal | Bennet Gartside |
| Principal | Brian Maloney |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
Méditation from Thaïs
This ardent love duet, set to music by Massenet, showcases the sublime beauty of Frederick Ashton’s choreography.
Credits
| Choreography | Frederick Ashton |
| Music | Jules Massenet |
| Costume designs | Anthony Dowell |
| Lighting design | John B Read |
Performers
| Conductor | Emmanuel Plasson |
| Principal | Leanne Benjamin |
| Principal | Valeri Hristov |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
Voices of Spring
A Viennese whirl of a piece, Frederick Ashton’s pas de deux is accompanied by Johann Strauss II’s spirited waltz.
Credits
| Choreography | Frederick Ashton |
| Music | Johann Strauss II |
| Costume designs | Julia Trevelyan Oman |
| Lighting design | John B Read |
Performers
| Conductor | Emmanuel Plasson |
| Principal | Yuhui Choe |
| Principal | Alexander Campbell |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
Monotones I and II
Sublime music by Erik Satie accompanies mesmerizing choreography in some of Frederick Ashton's most modernist ballets.
Credits
| Choreography | Frederick Ashton |
| Music | Erik Satie |
| Designs | Frederick Ashton |
| Lighting design | John B Read |
| Staging | Lynn Wallis |
Performers
| Conductor | Emmanuel Plasson |
| Principal | Marianela Nuñez |
| Principal | Nehemiah Kish |
| Principal | Edward Watson |
| Principal | Dawid Trzensimiech |
| Principal | Emma Maguire |
| Principal | Akane Takada |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
Marguerite and Armand
Frederick Ashton’s passionate ballet, set to Liszt’s piano sonata, was created for the celebrated partnership of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.
Credits
| Choreography | Frederick Ashton |
| Music | Franz Liszt |
| Designs | Cecil Beaton |
| Lighting design | John B Read |
| Staging | Grant Coyle |
Performers
| Conductor | Emmanuel Plasson |
| Principal | Tamara Rojo |
| Principal | Sergei Polunin |
| Solo piano | Robert Clark |
