Beauty Mixed Programme

APPROXIMATE TIMINGS

This performance will last approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes including two intervals. ANEMOI 30 minutes INTERVAL 20 minutes DIVERTISSEMENTS 50 minutes THE ROYAL BALLET INTERVAL 25 minutes Director THE SLEEPING BEAUTY ACT III 45 minutes KEVIN O’HARE CBE Founder DAME NINETTE DE VALOIS OM CH DBE Founder Choreographer WELCOME SIR FREDERICK ASHTON OM CH CBE Following recently presented works by Crystal Pite, Kyle Founder Music Director Abraham, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, I am CONSTANT LAMBERT delighted to welcome you to our last mixed programme Prima Ballerina Assoluta celebrating the breadth of The Royal Ballet’s repertory and DAME MARGOT FONTEYN DBE the exceptional artistry of our performers. We have great pleasure in sharing ballet spanning the generations from Ninette de Valois’s third act of The Sleeping Beauty to a world premiere by one of our Company choreographers. Anemoi by First Soloist Valentino Zucchetti was created especially for the talents of the youngest members of The Royal Ballet. Inspired by Greek mythology where Anemoi gods rule over the winds, this world premiere ushers in brighter times with positive winds of change and the warm arrival of spring. A series of evocative duets follows from the two choreographers who shaped the early history of The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan, alongside some of the most distinctive voices in dance today, Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon and the internationally acclaimed Swedish choreographer Mats Ek. Ashton’s effervescentVoices of Spring and MacMillan’s BEAUTY poignant Winter Dreams ‘farewell’ pas de deux accompany McGregor’s Morgen, a touching moment of hope for better times as conveyed in Richard Strauss’s setting of John MIXED Henry Mackay’s poem, and Wheeldon’s heartfelt After the Rain pas de deux set to Arvo Pärt. New to The Royal Ballet is woman with water by Mats Ek, originally created for the Royal Swedish Ballet last year and inspired by Ek’s PROGRAMME 30 years as a choreographer. The opportunity to work with this creative force of the dance scene has been truly inspirational for the dancers. In tribute to our founder, the programme culminates with the third act of The Sleeping Beauty, a signature classic for The Royal Ballet and the production De Valois selected for the reopening of the Royal Opera House when we made our home here 75 years ago. The burst of colour and optimism in the final act of this revival complements not only an anniversary celebration but also the excited mood of our return to the stage in 2021. We are so pleased to have you with us today.

KEVIN O’HARE CBE Director of The Royal Ballet

Conductor KOEN KESSELS ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Principal Guest Concert Master by arrangement with Trittico VASKO VASSILEV

Generous support from JULIA AND HANS RAUSING Anemoi – Generous philanthropic support from RICKI GAIL and ROBERT CONWAY Streaming generously supported by THE FOYLE FOUNDATION The 2020/21 Ballet Season is generously supported by AUD JEBSEN

SUNDAY 11 JULY 2021 AT 2PM Lighting designer JOHN B. READ Principal Coaching ALEXANDER AGADZHANOV SAFETY INFORMATION and LESLEY COLLIER We want to welcome you back into the building in a way that keeps you, our staff and our artists safe. Dancers All visitors must wear a face covering over their nose and MARIANELA NUÑEZ and VADIM MUNTAGIROV mouth at all times, including when seated in the auditorium, unless exempt for medical reasons. Staff will be wearing face coverings at all times. Solo piano ROBERT CLARK There is a one-way system in place. Visitors with tickets can enter via the entrance on Bow Street. The excerpt of Winter Dreams is presented by kind permission of Kenneth MacMillan and Partner. Regular cleaning is taking place, with particular attention to high-touch areas such as bannisters and toilets. Hand gel will be available throughout the building.

AFTER THE RAIN PAS DE DEUX ANEMOI Choreography CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON The 8th performance by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. Music ARVO PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel by arrangement with Universal Edition Choreography VALENTINO ZUCCHETTI A.G. Wien Music SERGEY RACHMANINOFF Costume designer HOLLY HYNES Arrangement and orchestration HANS VERCAUTEREN Rehearsal Director CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Designer JEAN-MARC PUISSANT Lighting designer SIMON BENNISON Dancers Senior Ballet Master GARY AVIS BEATRIZ STIX-BRUNELL and REECE CLARKE Benesh Choreologist GREGORY MISLIN Solo violin VASKO VASSILEV Dancers Solo piano KATE SHIPWAY YU HANG, DAVID DONNELLY, SUMINA SASAKI, DAICHI IKARASHI ASHLEY DEAN, HANNAH GRENNELL, CHARLOTTE TONKINSON, AMELIA TOWNSEND, woman with water MARIANNA TSEMBENHOI, GINEVRA ZAMBON, HARRY CHURCHES, JOONHYUK JUN, JOSHUA JUNKER, The 8th performance by The Royal Ballet at the HARRISON LEE, MARCO MASCIARI, JOSEPH SISSENS Royal Opera House.

Choreography MATS EK Music FLESHQUARTET INTERVAL Lighting designer ELLEN RUGE Assistant to the Choreographer ANA LAGUNA CASO Guest Ballet Mistress DEIRDRE CHAPMAN Costumes and table thanks to the workshops of the ROYAL MORGEN SWEDISH OPERA The 8th performance by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. Dancers NATALIA OSIPOVA and MARCELINO SAMBÉ Choreography WAYNE MCGREGOR Music RICHARD STRAUSS Lighting designer SIMON BENNISON Principal coaching AMANDA EYLES VOICES OF SPRING Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON Dancers Music JOHANN STRAUSS II FRANCESCA HAYWARD and CESAR CORRALES Designer JULIA TREVELYAN OMAN Lighting designer JOHN B. READ Soprano ANITA WATSON Rehearsal Director CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Solo violin VASKO VASSILEV Dancers MEAGHAN GRACE HINKIS and VALENTINO ZUCCHETTI

WINTER DREAMS Voices of Spring is just one of over one hundred works ‘FAREWELL’ PAS DE DEUX created by Frederick Ashton™ (1904–88). The Frederick Ashton Foundation, a registered charity Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN working independently of, but in close association with, Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY The Royal Ballet, exists to enrich the legacy of Frederick Arranged by PHILLIP GAMMON Ashton™ and his ballets. Designer PETER FARMER frederickashton.org.uk INTERVAL PRODUCTION CREDITS Senior Stage Manager JOHANNA ADAMS FARLEY Deputy Stage Manager SARAH WOODWARD THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Assistant Stage Manager JACLYN FULTON Production Manager SARAH O’CONNOR ACT III Lighting Associate SIMON BENNISON Choreography MARIUS PETIPA Production Lighting Manager BILL SLOCOMBE Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY Lighting Programmer TOM BARTON Reduced orchestration JOHN LONGSTAFF Model Room Draughtsperson LAURA FOY Production MONICA MASON and CHRISTOPHER NEWTON Sound Engineer GIUSEPPE LUBRANO after NINETTE DE VALOIS and NICHOLAS SERGEYEV Costume Production Manager ILARIA MARTELLO Additional Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON and GIUSY COVIELLO and ANTHONY DOWELL Assistant Costume Production Manager SOPHIE Original designer OLIVER MESSEL O’CONNOR Additional designs PETER FARMER Additional costumes MADELEINE FRY, ANNAMARIA Lighting designer MARK JONATHAN GENUISE, INGRID PRYER and STEN VOLLMULLER Senior Ballet Master GARY AVIS Footwear BLOCH, FREED, GAYNOR MINDEN, GRISHKO, LEWIS JONES, PRINCIPAL, REPETTO, SANSHA, BILLY Senior Ballet Mistress SAMANTHA RAINE ROGERS and SO DANCA Assistant Ballet Mistress SIAN MURPHY Music preparation JONATHAN LO and the ROH Music Benesh Choreologist GREGORY MISLIN Library JULIE COOK, HANNAH GRAY, ROBIN GORDON- Principal Coaching ALEXANDER AGADZHANOV POWELL, TONY RICKARD, EMMA SYRUS and JOANNA and LESLEY COLLIER TAYLOR Rehearsal pianists ROBERT CLARK, KATE SHIPWAY, Princess Aurora MICHAEL PANSTERS and TIM QUALTROUGH YASMINE NAGHDI ROYAL OPERA HOUSE PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL Prince Florimund STAFF FEDERICO BONELLI King Florestan XXIV GARY AVIS His Queen THE ROYAL BALLET CHRISTINA ARESTIS Director KEVIN O’HARE Catalabutte THOMAS WHITEHEAD Music Director KOEN KESSELS Lilac Fairy Resident Choreographer WAYNE MCGREGOR ANNETTE BUVOLI Artistic Associate CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Florestan and his Sisters Administrative Director HEATHER BAXTER DAVID DONNELLY, LETICIA DIAS Rehearsal Director CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS and MELISSA HAMILTON Clinical Director Ballet Healthcare SHANE KELLY Puss-in-Boots and the White Cat HARRY CHURCHES and MICA BRADBURY Princess Florine and the Bluebird ISABELLA GASPARINI and JOONHYUK JUN Red Riding Hood and the Wolf ROYAL OPERA HOUSE SAE MAEDA and AIDEN O’BRIEN RECOVERY CAMPAIGN ARTISTS OF THE ROYAL BALLET 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. Since March 2020, we have lost £3 in every £5 of our income and we are hugely grateful for all the support we have received, including from Arts Council England and government, and from you, our generous audiences. In September we launched our fundraising Recovery Campaign, which continues to form a vital part of our long journey back to a fully functioning and sustainable theatre. Please consider making a donation to help us secure the future of ballet and opera. roh.org.uk/donate