Marguerite et armand sylvie guillem biography

The first dancer with whom the guardians of Ashton's legacy entrusted Fonteyn's role was Sylvie Guillem, a ballerina with unique physical abilities and, which.

The ballet was created by Sir Frederick Ashton exactly 50 years ago for the legendary Margot and Rudolf and it was believed that it would die.

Marguerite and Armand is a ballet danced to an orchestral arrangement of Franz Liszt's B minor piano sonata.

Marguerite and Armand was created for Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn in 1963.

Unfortunately (or fortunately for me), I clearly remember Sylvie Guillem dancing the female lead in Marguerite and Armand in Sydney and.

Marguerite and Armand is a ballet danced to an orchestral arrangement of Franz Liszt's B minor piano sonata..

MARGUERITE AND ARMAND (1963)

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Ballet in one act: Prologue and four scenes, after The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, fils

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 Franz Liszt, orchestrated by Humphrey Searle (La lugubre gondola, No 1, 1883 and Sonata in B minor, 1854)
(new orchestration by Gordon Jacob, 15 March 1968)
SC Cecil Beaton

D Marguerite: Margot Fonteyn (in prologue, Ann Jenner)
Armand: Rudolf Nureyev
His Father: Michael Somes
A Duke: Leslie Edwards
Maid: Barbara Remington
Admirers of Marguerite: corps de ballet
FP Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 12 March 1963

ST Royal Ballet touring section
D in all stagings, Marguerite: Margot Fonteyn; Armand: Rudolf Nureyev
FP Hessiches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden, 28 May 1968

NP Nureyev Festi