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La Fille mal gardée (1960)

Ballet in two acts and three scenes after Jean Dauberval


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 Ferdinand Hérold, freely adapted and arranged by John Lanchbery from the 1828 version
Curtain SC Osbert Lancaster

D Widow Simone, a rich farmer: Stanley Holden; Lise, her daughter: Nadia Nerina; Colas, a young farmer in love with Lise: David Blair; Thomas, a prosperous vineyard owner: Leslie Edwards; Alain, his son: Alexander Grant; Village Notary: Franklin White; His Secretary: Maurice Metliss; Cockerel: Laurence Ruffell; Hens: Margaret Lyons, Robin Haig, Maureen Maitland, Gloria Bluemel; Villagers, Harvesters, Grooms, etc: corps de ballet
FP Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 28 January 1960

ST Royal Ballet touring section; D (principals) as above
FP Hippodrome, Bristol, 9 November 1962

NP Ballet for All; abridged version devised by Peter Brinson and arranged by John Field as a ballet-play entitled "Ashton and La Fille mal gardée"; S Peter Courtier, after Osbert Lancaster; C Osbert Lancaster
D Lise: Brenda Last; Colas: John Sale
FP Manor Court Modern School, Portsmouth, 13 September 1964

ST Royal Ballet School; R Faith Worth, Lynn Wallis, and David Gayle
D Widow Simone: Ronald Emblen; Lise: Jennifer Jackson; Colas: Robert Huguenin; Alain: Denis Bonner
FP Royal Opera House, London, 24 June 1972

By other companies:

ST Margot Fonteyn World Tour; pas de deux only
D Lise: Annette Page; Colas: Royes Fernandez
FP Herod Atticus Theatre, Athens, 9 August 1963

ST Royal Danish Ballet; under the title Den Slet Bevogdtede Datter; R Frederick Ashton
D Widow Simone: Niels Bjørn Larsen; Lise: Solveig Østergaard; Colas: Niels Kehlet; Alain: Fredbjørn Bjørnsson
FP Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, 16 January 1964

ST The Australian Ballet; R Elphine Allen
D Widow Simone: Ray Powell; Lise: Marilyn Jones; Colas: Bryan Lawrence; Alain: Alan Alder
FP Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, 12 October 1967

ST PACT Ballet; R John Hart
D Widow Simone: Petrus Bosman; Lise: Merle Park; Colas: Anthony Dowell; Alain: Ken Yeatman
FP Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, 4 September 1969

NP Hungarian State Ballet; S Gábor Forray; C Tivadar Máark
D Widow Simone: Viktor Fülöp; Lise: Zsuzsa Kun; Colas: Viktor Rona; Alain: Levente Speki
FP Opera House, Budapest, 28 March 1971

ST Ballet of the Bayerische Staatsoper; R Annette Page and Ronald Hynd, with Cherry Trevarkis, choreologist
D Widow Simone: Michel de Lutry; Lise: Gislinde Skroblin; Colas: Heinz Bosl; Alain: Ferenc Barbay
FP Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, 18 May 1971

ST Royal Swedish Ballet
D Widow Simone: Istvan Kirsch; Lise: Kerstin Lidström; Colas: Imre Dózsa; AIain: Markko Heinonen
FP Opera House, Stockholm, 1 April 1972

ST State Ballet of Turkey; R Faith Worth
D Lise: Meriç Sümen
FP National Theatre, Ankara , 24 November 1973

ST Ballet of the Opernhaus, Zurich; R Faith Worth
FP Opernhaus, Zurich, 12 October 1974

ST National Ballet of Canada; R Faith Worth, Michael Somes
D Widow Simone: Jacques Gorissen; Lise: Karen Kain; Colas: Frank Augustyn; AIain: David Roxander
FP O'Keefe Center, Toronto, 17 November 1976

ST Ballet of the Teatr Wielki; R Faith Worth
FP Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, 17 April 1977

ST San Francisco Ballet; R Faith Worth, Christopher Newton
FP War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco CA, 10 January 1978

ST Ballet of the Teatro Municipal; R Faith Worth
FP Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, 18 April 1983

ST Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper; under the title Das übelggehütete Mädchen (retitled List und Liebe, 2002) R Michael Somes, Faith Worth
FP Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 11 March 1986

ST The Joffrey Ballet; Act I Scene 2 pas de deux only
D Lise: Yoko Ichino; Colas: Fernando Bujones
FP New York State Theater, New York NY, 1 April 1986

ST The Joffrey Ballet; R Alexander Grant, Faith Worth
D Widow Simone: Stanley Holden; Lise: Tina LeBlanc; Colas: David Palmer; Alain: Edward Stierle
FP Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles CA, 11 September 1986; City Center Theater, New York NY, 16 October 1986

ST Das Essener Ballett; under the title Die schlecht behütete Tochter; R Faith Worth
FP Aalto-Theater Essen, 4 November 1989

ST Houston Ballet; R David Scott, Alexander Grant
FP Brown Theater, Houston TX, 11 June 1992

ST Gothenburg Ballet; R Alexander Grant and David Scott
FP Gothenburg Opera, 4 January 1995

ST Ballett der Vereinigten Bühnen Graz; R Alexander Grant
FP TK

ST Royal New Zealand Ballet; R Alexander Grant
FP State Insurance Opera House, Wellington, 1 March 1997

ST Ballet dell'Opera Roma; R Emilio Martins and Alexander Grant
D Lise: Margaret Illman; Colas: Raffaele Paganini
FP Opera, Rome, 13 June 1997

ST Stuttgart Ballet; R Alexander Grant and Jane Elliott
D Lise: Patricia Salgado; Colas: Filip Barankiewicz
FP Staatstheater, Stuttgart, 12 May 2000

ST Hong Kong Ballet; R Alexander Grant and Emilio Martins
FP Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre, 3 August 2000

ST Bolshoi Ballet; under the title Vain Precautions (Tscjetnaja Prjedastorozhnost); R Alexander Grant and Emilio Martins
D Lise: Svetlana Lunkina; Colas: Andrei Bolotin; Simone: Alexander Petukhov; Alain: Gennady Yanin
FP Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 29 January 2002

ST American Ballet Theatre; R Alexander Grant, Christopher Carr, Grant Coyle
D Lise: Ashley Tuttle; Colas: Ethan Stiefel; Simone: Kirk Peterson; Alain: Joaquin de Luz
FP Metropolitan Opera House, New York NY, 31 April 2002

ST Boston Ballet; R Alexander Grant, Christopher Carr, Grant Coyle
D Lise: Polyanna Ribeiro; Colas: Simon Ball; Simone: Paul Thrussell; Alain: Ilya Kozadayev
FP Wang Theater, Boston MA, 20 February 2003

ST Hamburg Ballet; R Alexander Grant and Jane Elliott
FP Hamburgische Staatssoper, 12 December 2004

ST Pennsylvania Ballet; R Alexander Grant and Emilio Martins
D Lise: Arantxa Ochoa; Colas: Zachary Hench; Widow Simone: David Krensing; Alain: Philip Colucci
FP Academy of Music, Philadelphia PA, 4 March 2005

ST Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre; R Emilio Martins
D Lise: Miriam Alekside; Colas: Sebastian Kloborg; Marceline [sic]: Genadi Yanin; Alain: Evgeni Gerasimenko
FP Tbilisi State Opera, Tbilisi, 1 July 2005

ST Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris; R Alexander Grant, Christopher Carr, Grant Coyle
D Lise: Dorothée Gilbert; Colas: Nicolas Le Riche; Mère Simone: Stéphanie Phavorin; Alain: Simon Valastro
FP Palais Garnier, Paris, 22 June 2OO7