The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
175 mins
The Dream: Frederick Ashton’s delightful interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. Symphonic Variations: Ashton was inspired to create a ballet on the four seasons – but as he began to choreograph he refined and purified until the ballet shook off its original meaning, emerging as an abstract celebration of movement and physicality. Marguerite and Armand: Marguerite, a Parisian courtesan, lies on her deathbed. She recalls her tragic love affair with Armand in a series of feverish flashbacks.
Ambrose Bartlett
Changeling Indian Boy
Kevin Emerton
Rustic / Admirer
Solomon Golding
Rustic
Tomas Mock
Demetrius / Admirer
Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Peaseblossom
Emma Maguire
Cobweb
Tristan Dyer
Dancer
Paul Stobart
Piano
David Donnelly
Admirer
Fernando Montaño
Admirer
Mica Bradbury
Maid
Robert Clark
Piano
John Lanchbery
Music Editor
David Walker
Set Designer
John B. Read
Lighting Director
Sophie Fedorovitch
Set Designer
Emmanuel Plasson
Conductor