royal_ballet_royal_opera.qxd 18/9/07 14:15 Page 1 Royal Opera House Performance Review 2006/07 The Royal Ballet - The Royal Opera royal_ballet_royal_opera.qxd 18/9/07 14:15 Page 2 Contents 01 TH E ROYA L BA L L E T PE R F O R M A N C E S 02 TH E ROYA L OP E R A PE R F O R M A N C E S royal_ballet_royal_opera.qxd 18/9/07 14:15 Page 3 3 TH E ROYA L BA L L E T PE R F O R M A N C E S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 01 TH E ROYA L BA L L E T PE R F O R M A N C E S royal_ballet_royal_opera.qxd 18/9/07 14:15 Page 4 4 TH E ROYA L BA L L E T PE R F O R M A N C E S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 GI S E L L E NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 6 (15 matinee and evening 19, 20, 28, 29 April) AV E R A G E AT T E N D A N C E 91% CO M P O S E R Adolphe Adam, revised by Joseph Horovitz CH O R E O G R A P H E R Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot SC E N A R I O Théophile Gautier after Heinrich Meine PRO D U C T I O N Peter Wright DE S I G N S John Macfarlane OR I G I N A L LI G H T I N G Jennifer Tipton, re-created by Clare O’Donoghue STAG I N G Christopher Carr CO N D U C T O R Boris Gruzin PR I N C I PA L C A S T I N G Giselle – Leanne Benjamin (2) / Darcey Bussell (2) / Jaimie Tapper (2) Count Albrecht – Edward Watson (2) / Roberto Bolle (2) / Federico Bonelli (2) Hilarion – Bennet Gartside (2) / Thiago Soares (2) / Gary Avis (2) / Myrtha – Marianela Nuñez (1) / Lauren Cuthbertson (3) (1- replacing Zenaida Yanowsky 15/04/06) / Zenaida Yanowsky (1) / Vanessa Palmer (1) royal_ballet_royal_opera.qxd 18/9/07 14:15 Page 5 5 TH E ROYA L BA L L E T PE R F O R M A N C E S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 LA FI L L E MA L GA R D E E NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 10 (21, 25, 26 April, 1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 20 May 2006) AV E R A G E AT T E N D A N C E 86% CH O R E O G R A P H Y Frederick Ashton MU S I C Ferdinand Hérold, freely adapted and arranged by John Lanchbery from the 1828 version SC E N A R I O Jean Dauberval DE S I G N S Osbert Lancaster LI G H T I N G John B. Read STAG I N G Alexander Grant assisted by Christopher Carr and Grant Coyle CO N D U C TO R Anthony Twiner (5), Benjamin Pope (5) PR I N C I PA L CA S T I N G Widow Simone – William Tuckett (4) / Philip Mosley (3) / Alastair Marriott (3) Lise – Miyako Yoshida (2) / Marianela Nuñez (2) / Roberta Marquez (2) / Sarah Lamb (1) / Belinda Hatley (2) / Laura Morera (1) Colas – Viacheslav Samodurov (2) / Carlos Acosta (2) / Ricardo Cervera (3) / Martin Harvey (1) / Thiago Soares (2) Thomas – Christopher Saunders (5) / David Drew (3) / William Tuckett (2) Alain – José Martín (3) / Jonathan Howells (2) / Giacomo Ciriaci (3) / Paul Kay (2) royal_ballet_royal_opera.qxd 18/9/07 14:15 Page 6 6 TH E ROYA L BA L L E T PE R F O R M A N C E S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 TH E SL E E P I N G BE A U T Y NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 11 (15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 29 matinee and evening, 31 May, 1, 3 June 2006) AV E R A G E AT T E N D A N C E 98% MU S I C Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky CH O R E O G R A P H Y Marius Petipa AD D I T I O N A L CH O R E O G R A P H Y Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell, Christopher Wheeldon PRO D U C T I O N Monica Mason and Christopher Newton, after Ninette de Valois and Nicholas Sergeyev OR I G I N A L DE S I G N S Oliver Messel RE A L I Z AT I O N A N D AD D I T I O N A L DE S I G N S Peter Farmer LI G H T I N G Mark Jonathan STAG I N G Christopher Carr assisted by Grant Coyle CO N D U C TO R Valeriy Ovsyanikov PR I N C I PA L CA S T I N G Princess Aurora – Alina Cojocaru (3) / Tamara Rojo (2) / Roberta Marquez (2) / Sarah Lamb (2) / Marianela Nuñez (2) Prince Florimund – Johan Kobborg (3) / Federico Bonelli (2) / Rupert Pennefather (2) / Viacheslav Samodurov (2) / Thiago Soares (2) Carabosse – Genesia Rosato (6) / Elizabeth McGorian (5) Lilac Fairy – Marianela Nuñez (2) / Alexandra Ansanelli (4) / Lauren Cuthbertson (2) / Isabel McMeekan (3) Princess Florine – Sarah Lamb (2) / Laura Morera (2) / Belinda Hatley (2) / Yuhui Choe (3) / Laura Morera (2) The Bluebird – Yohei Sasaki (4 – one of which replacing José Martín) / Zachary Faruque (2) / Brian Maloney (2) / José Martín (2) / Kenta Kura (1) royal_ballet_royal_opera.qxd 18/9/07 14:15 Page 7 7 TH E ROYA L BA L L E T PE R F O R M A N C E S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 TH E RA K E ’S PR O G R E S S / DI V E R T I S S E M E N T S / HO M A G E T O T H E QU E E N NU M B E R O F PE R F O R M A N C E S 4 ( 5, 6, 7, 9 June 2006) AV E R A G E AT T E N D A N C E 89% CO N D U C TO R Barry Wordsworth TH E RA K E ’S PR O G R E S S MU S I C A N D SC E N A R I O Gavin Gordon CH O R E O G R A P H Y Ninette de Valois DE S I G N S Rex Whistler after William Hogarth LI G H T I N G John B. Read STAG I N G Julie Lincoln PR I N C I PA L CA S T I N G The Rake – Johan Kobborg (2), Viacheslav Samodurov (2) The Betrayed Girl – Laura Morera (2), Belinda Hatley (2) JO B : SATA N ’S SO L O MU S I C Ralph Vaughan Williams CH O R E O G R A P H Y Ninette de Valois DE S I G N S Gwendolen Raverat LI G H T I N G John B. Read STAG I N G Jean Bedells PR I N C I PA L CA S T I N G Viacheslav Samodurov (2) / Martin Harvey (2) royal_ballet_royal_opera.qxd 18/9/07 14:15 Page 8 8 TH E ROYA L BA L L E T PE R F O R M A N C E S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 DA N T E SO N A TA SO L O MU S I C Franz Liszt CH O R E O G R A P H Y Frederick Ashton DE S I G N S Sophie Fedorovitch LI G H T I N G John B. Read STAG I N G Jean Bedells PR I N C I PA L CA S T I N G Zenaida Yanowsky (2) / Marianela Nuñez (2) Solo Piano – Henry Roche (4) BI R T H D A Y OF F E R I N G PA S D E D E U X MU S I C Alexander Glazunov arranged Robert Irving CH O R E O G R A P H Y Frederick Ashton DE S I G N S André Levasseur LI G H T I N G John B. Read PR I N C I PA L CA S T I N G Jaimie Tapper (2) / Alexandra Ansanelli (2) Rupert Pennefather (2) / Valeri Hristov (2) RO M E O A N D JU L I E T B A L C O N Y PA S D E D E U X MU S I C Sergey Prokofiev CH O R E O G R A P H Y Kenneth MacMillan DE S I G N S Nicholas Georgiadis LI G H T I N G John B. Read PR I N C I PA L CA S T I N G Tamara Rojo (2) / Alina Cojocaru (1) / Roberta Marquez (1) Carlos Acosta (2) / Johan Kobborg (1) / Federico Bonelli (1) royal_ballet_royal_opera.qxd 18/9/07 14:15 Page 9 9 TH E ROYA L BA L L E T PE R F O R M A N C E S 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 EL I T E SY N C O PAT I O N S BE T H E N A MU S I C Scott Joplin CH O R E O G R A P H Y Kenneth MacMillan DE S I G N S Ian Spurling LI G H T I N G John B.