Rhapsody

Rhapsody
Alina Cojocaru and Steven McRae
© ROH/ Tristram Kenton

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(Excerpts from Faust) (1931)

Opera by Jules Barbier and Michael Carré


Abbreviations:
M Music by
S Scenery by
C Costumes by
D Danced by
FP First performance
NP New production
R Reproduced by
ST Staging (indicates that the ballet was produced in substantially its original form)



M Charles Gounod (1859 - 1869)
Choreography credited to Anne Fleming but that for Markova by Ashton

Singers: Faust: Henry Wendon; Marguerite: Paulyne Bindley; Mephisto: Herbert Dunkerley

D Principal dancer: Alicia Markova, with the Regal Ballet Corps

FP Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London, 18 April 1931