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Home , Akane Takada, Anthony Dowell, Frederick Ashton, John Lanchbery, Pas de deux, Vadim Muntagirov

THE ROYAL Director KEVIN O’HARE CBE Founder DAME OM CH DBE Founder Choreographer SIR OM CH CBE Founder Music Director DAME DBE

THE ROYAL BALLET: LIVE – WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR

Conductor JONATHAN LO ORCHESTRA OF THE Concert Master SERGEY LEVITIN

FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2020

Season Principal MRS ALINE FORIEL-DESTEZET

Generous philanthropic support from JULIA AND HANS RAUSING, KENNETH AND SUSAN GREEN and MR AND MRS EDWARD ATKIN CBE

The 2020/21 Ballet Season is generously supported by AUD JEBSEN

RUNNING TIMES

This performance will last approximately 2 hours 10 minutes.

SAFETY INFORMATION

Please note that all ROH performances and participating artists are subject to change due to COVID-19 restrictions. In order to ensure the safety of the artists and prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, mitigations have included strict social distancing in the studio alongside testing for those artists in physical contact during rehearsals.

SCHERZO THE 1ST PERFORMANCE BY AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

Choreography VALENTINO ZUCCHETTI Music SERGEY RACHMANINOFF Reduced orchestration by HANS VERCAUTEREN Dancers SOPHIE ALLNATT, MADISON BAILEY, LETICIA DIAS, BOMIN KIM, SAE MAEDA, MARIKO SASAKI, SUMINA SASAKI, YU HANG, JOSEPH AUMEER, HARRIS BELL, LIAM BOSWELL, LUKAS BJØRNEBOE BRÆNDSRØD, LEO DIXON, TAISUKE NAKAO, GIACOMO ROVERO and FRANCISCO SERRANO

RHAPSODY PAS DE DEUX

Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON Music SERGEY RACHMANINOFF Costumes WILLIAM CHAPPELL recreated by NATALIA STEWART Dancers and ALEXANDER CAMPBELL Solo piano ROBERT CLARK

MONOTONES II THE 103RD PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON Music orchestrated by , ROLAND-MANUEL and Costume designer FREDERICK ASHTON Dancers MELISSA HAMILTON, REECE CLARKE and NICOL EDMONDS

TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX THE 30TH PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

Choreography © The George Balanchine Trust Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY Costume designer Dancers ANNA ROSE O’SULLIVAN and MARCELINO SAMBÉ

IN OUR WISHES THE 3RD PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

Choreography CATHY MARSTON Music SERGEY RACHMANINOFF Costume designer ROKSANDA Dancers ROMANY PAJDAK and CALVIN RICHARDSON Solo piano KATE SHIPWAY

SWAN LAKE ACT II PAS DE DEUX

Choreography Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY Costume designer JOHN MACFARLANE Odette Prince Siegfried CESAR CORRALES

MANON ACT I PAS DE DEUX

Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN Music orchestrated by MARTIN YATES Costume designer NICHOLAS GEORGIADIS LAURA MORERA Des Grieux FEDERICO BONELLI

CONCERTO PAS DE DEUX

Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN Music DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH Costume designer JÜRGEN ROSE Dancers and NICOL EDMONDS Solo piano KATE SHIPWAY

DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS THE 4TH PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON Music CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK Dancer WILLIAM BRACEWELL Solo flute KATHERINE BAKER

THE DYING SWAN

Choreography MIKHAIL FOKINE Music CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Dancer Solo piano KATE SHIPWAY Solo cello CHRISTOPHER VANDERSPAR

LE CORSAIRE PAS DE DEUX

Choreography after Music RICCARDO DRIGO and Dancers MARIANELA NUÑEZ and

WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR THE 21ST PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

Choreography CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Music EZIO BOSSO and ANTONIO VIVALDI Costume designer JASPER CONRAN Lighting designer PETER MUMFORD Dancers ANNA ROSE O’SULLIVAN and JAMES HAY, FUMI KANEKO and REECE CLARKE, SARAH LAMB and RYOICHI HIRANO ASHLEY DEAN, ISABELLA GASPARINI, HANNAH GRENNELL, ROMANY PAJDAK, LEO DIXON, DAVID DONNELLY, TÉO DUBREUIL, DAVID YUDES

ARTISTIC STAFF

Rehearsal Director CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Senior GARY AVIS Senior Ballet Mistress SAMANTHA RAINE Assistant Ballet Mistress SIAN MURPHY Principal Coaching ALEXANDER AGADZHANOV, and Benesh Choreologist GREGORY MISLIN

PRODUCTION

Lighting designer SIMON BENNISON Stage Manager SARAH WOODWARD Assistant Stage Managers JACLYN FULTON and PETER SAUNDERS Production Managers SARAH O’CONNOR and CLÍONA NI MHOCHÁIN Costume Supervisor NATALIA STEWART Music preparation MARTIN GEORGIEV AND THE ROH MUSIC LIBRARY: JULIE COOK, HANNAH GRAY, ROBIN GORDON-POWELL, TONY RICKARD, EMMA SYRUS AND JOANNA TAYLOR Rehearsal pianists ROBERT CLARK, KATE SHIPWAY, MICHAEL PANSTERS and TIM QUALTROUGH ROYAL OPERA HOUSE PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL STAFF

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

Rhapsody, II and of the Blessed Spirits are just three 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 . For further information, visit frederickashton.org.uk

The performance of the Tchaikovsky 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 ®. Choreography George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

The performance of the Manon Act I pas de deux and Concerto pas de deux is presented by kind permission of Kenneth MacMillan and Partner.