THE ROYAL BALLET Director KEVIN O’HARE CBE Founder DAME NINETTE DE VALOIS OM CH DBE Founder Choreographer SIR FREDERICK ASHTON OM CH CBE Founder Music Director CONSTANT LAMBERT Prima Ballerina Assoluta DAME MARGOT FONTEYN DBE

THE ROYAL BALLET: BACK ON STAGE

Conductor JONATHAN LO ELITE SYNCOPATIONS Piano Conductor ROBERT CLARK ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Concert Master VASKO VASSILEV

Introduced by ANITA RANI

FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2020

This performance is dedicated to the late Ian Taylor, former Chair of the Board of Trustees, in grateful recognition of his exceptional service and philanthropy.

Generous philanthropic support from AUD JEBSEN

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OVERTURE

Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

UNTOUCHABLE EXCERPT

Choreography HOFESH SHECHTER Music HOFESH SHECHTER and NELL CATCHPOLE Dancers LUCA ACRI, MICA BRADBURY, ANNETTE BUVOLI, HARRY CHURCHES, ASHLEY DEAN, LEO DIXON, TÉO DUBREUIL, BENJAMIN ELLA, ISABELLA GASPARINI, HANNAH GRENNELL, JAMES HAY, JOSHUA JUNKER, PAUL KAY, ISABEL LUBACH, KRISTEN MCNALLY, AIDEN O’BRIEN, ROMANY PAJDAK, CALVIN RICHARDSON, FRANCISCO SERRANO and DAVID YUDES

SWAN LAKE ACT II PAS DE DEUX

Choreography LEV IVANOV Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY Costume designer JOHN MACFARLANE ODETTE AKANE TAKADA PRINCE SIEGFRIED FEDERICO BONELLI

IN OUR WISHES

Choreography CATHY MARSTON Music SERGEY RACHMANINOFF Costume designer ROKSANDA Dancers FUMI KANEKO and REECE CLARKE Solo piano KATE SHIPWAY

JEWELS ‘DIAMONDS’ PAS DE DEUX

Choreography GEORGE BALANCHINE Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY Costume designer KARINSKA Dancers SARAH LAMB and RYOICHI HIRANO

CAROUSEL ‘IF I LOVED YOU’ PAS DE DEUX

Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN Music RICHARD RODGERS arranged and orchestrated by MARTIN YATES Costume designer BOB CROWLEY Dancers MAYARA MAGRI and MATTHEW BALL

WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR FINALE

Choreography CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Music EZIO BOSSO Costume designer JASPER CONRAN Dancers ANNA ROSE O’SULLIVAN, MARCELINO SAMBÉ, FUMI KANEKO, REECE CLARKE, YASMINE NAGHDI and NICOL EDMONDS ASHLEY DEAN, ISABELLA GASPARINI, HANNAH GRENNELL, ROMANY PAJDAK, LUCA ACRI, DAVID DONNELLY, TÉO DUBREUIL and BENJAMIN ELLA

THE DREAM

Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON Music FELIX MENDELSSOHN arranged and orchestrated by JOHN LANCHBERY Costume designer DAVID WALKER SCHERZO OBERON WILLIAM BRACEWELL PUCK VALENTINO ZUCCHETTI PEASEBLOSSOM MICA BRADBURY COBWEB LETICIA DIAS MOTH ASHLEY DEAN MUSTARDSEED ISABELLA GASPARINI PAS DE DEUX TITANIA LAURA MORERA OBERON ALEXANDER CAMPBELL

LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE ACT I PAS DE DEUX

Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON Music FERDINAND HÉROLD arranged and orchestrated by JOHN LANCHBERY Costume designer OSBERT LANCASTER LISE ANNA ROSE O’SULLIVAN COLAS MARCELINO SAMBÉ

ROMEO AND JULIET ACT I PAS DE DEUX

Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN Music SERGEY PROKOFIEV Costume designer NICHOLAS GEORGIADIS JULIET FRANCESCA HAYWARD ROMEO CESAR CORRALES

MEDUSA SOLO

Choreography SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI Music HENRY PURCELL Costume designer OLIVIA POMP MEDUSA NATALIA OSIPOVA Soprano AILISH TYNAN Solo violin VASKO VASSILEV Solo cello CHRISTOPHER VANDERSPAR

WOOLF WORKS FROM ‘I NOW, I THEN’

Choreography WAYNE MCGREGOR Music MAX RICHTER Costume designer MORITZ JUNGE Dancers EDWARD WATSON, AKANE TAKADA and CALVIN RICHARDSON

DON QUIXOTE ACT III PAS DE DEUX

Choreography MARIUS PETIPA Music LUDWIG MINKUS arranged and orchestrated by MARTIN YATES Costume designer TIM HATLEY KITRI MARIANELA NUÑEZ BASILIO VADIM MUNTAGIROV

DONCASTER DANCES

Highlights from the Royal Opera House Learning and Participation dance film made in collaboration with The Royal Ballet, Cast and Doncaster Council

CHARLOTTE TONKINSON, JOSEPH AUMEER, DAVID PICKERING and RESIDENTS OF DONCASTER

ELITE SYNCOPATIONS

Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN Music SCOTT JOPLIN and other Ragtime composers Costume designer IAN SPURLING Sunflower Slow DragTHE COMPANY Elite Syncopations THE COMPANY The Cascades CLAIRE CALVERT, GINA STORM-JENSEN and ROMANY PAJDAK Hot-House Rag BENJAMIN ELLA, TÉO DUBREUIL, FERNANDO MONTAÑO and DAVID YUDES Calliope Rag CLAIRE CALVERT The Golden Hours MEAGHAN GRACE HINKIS and LUCA ACRI Stop Time Rag YASMINE NAGHDI The Alaskan Rag MELISSA HAMILTON and PAUL KAY Bethena (Concert Waltz) YASMINE NAGHDI and NICOL EDMONDS Friday Night JAMES HAY Cataract Rag THE COMPANY SOPHIE ALLNATT, MADISON BAILEY, GRACE BLUNDELL, MICA BRADBURY, ANNETTE BUVOLI, ASHLEY DEAN, LETICIA DIAS, ISABELLA GASPARINI, HANNAH GRENNELL, NATHALIE HARRISON, BOMIN KIM, ISABEL LUBACH, SAE MAEDA, NADIA MULLOVA-BARLEY, KATHARINA NIKELSKI, HANNA PARK, MADDISON PRITCHARD, MARIKO SASAKI, SUMINA SASAKI, CHARLOTTE TONKINSON, MARIANNA TSEMBENHOI, YU HANG and GINEVRA ZAMBON JOSEPH AUMEER, HARRIS BELL, LIAM BOSWELL, LUKAS BJØRNEBOE BRÆNDSRØD, HARRY CHURCHES, LEO DIXON, DAVID DONNELLY, BRAYDEN GALLUCCI, DAICHI IKARASHI, JOSHUA JUNKER, JAMES LARGE, TAISUKE NAKAO, MARCO MASCIARI, AIDEN O’BRIEN, GIACOMO ROVERO, FRANCISCO SERRANO and STANISŁAW WĘGRZYN Violin 1 VASKO VASSILEV Violin 2 ANNA BLACKMUR Viola AMELIE ROUSSEL Cello CHRISTOPHER VANDERSPAR Bass PAUL KIMBER Flute CHRISTOPHER GREEN Clarinet MARINA FINNAMORE Trumpets NICHOLAS BETTS and JOHN SHADDOCK Trombone LINDSAY SHILLING Tuba MICHAEL LEVIS Drum Kit NIGEL CHARMAN

ARTISTIC STAFF

Rehearsal Director CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Senior Ballet Master GARY AVIS Senior Ballet Mistress SAMANTHA RAINE Assistant Ballet Mistress SIAN MURPHY Principal Coaching ALEXANDER AGADZHANOV, LESLEY COLLIER, JASON KITTELBERGER and EDWARD WATSON Benesh Choreologist GREGORY MISLIN

PRODUCTION

Lighting Designer LES BONE Senior Stage Manager JOHANNA ADAMS FARLEY Deputy Stage Manager SARAH WOODWARD Production Managers SARAH O’CONNOR, CLÍONA NI MHOCHÁIN Costume Supervisor NATALIA STEWART Music Preparation MARTIN GEORGIEV JULIE COOK, HANNAH GRAY, ROBIN GORDON-POWELL, TONY RICKARD, EMMA SYRUS, JOANNA TAYLOR Rehearsal Pianists ROBERT CLARK, KATE SHIPWAY, MICHAEL PANSTERS, TIM QUALTROUGH ROYAL OPERA HOUSE PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL STAFF Directed for the screen by PETER JONES

THE ROYAL BALLET

Director KEVIN O’HARE Music Director KOEN KESSELS Resident Choreographer WAYNE MCGREGOR Artistic Associate CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Administrative Director HEATHER BAXTER Clinical Director Ballet Healthcare SHANE KELLY

WITH THANKS TO THE NUMEROUS STAFF BEHIND THE SCENES FOR THEIR INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE WITH THIS EVENING’S PERFORMANCE

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE RECOVERY CAMPAIGN

Live performance is a shared experience, and our audiences are at the heart of what we do on our stages, backstage, online, in cinemas and in our communities. This year’s global pandemic has affected all arts organisations across the world. We have lost £3 in every £5 of our income, and any Government loan will take us only part of the way. We need your help to bring artists back to our stages.

Please consider making a donation to the Royal Opera House Recovery Campaign. roh.org.uk/donate

The Dream and La Fille mal gardée are just two of over one hundred works created by Frederick Ashton™ (1904–88). The Frederick Ashton Foundation, a registered charity working independently of, but in close association with, The Royal Ballet, exists to enrich the legacy of Frederick Ashton™ and his ballets. For further information, visit frederickashton.org.uk

The performance of the ‘Diamonds’ pas de deux, a Balanchine Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique®.

The performance of Elite Syncopations and excerpts from Carousel and Romeo and Juliet are presented by kind permission of Kenneth MacMillan and Partner.

Music Credits La Fille mal gardée by Ferdinand Hérold in the arrangement and orchestration by John Lanchbery ©Oxford University Press 1963, 2003. Performed by arrangement with Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. 5007040 125.00

Woolf Works Composed by Max Richter. Published by Mute Song Limited

The performance Romeo and Juliet is given by permission of Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers Limited