Alceste (dances in the opera)
Choreographer:
David Ellis
Composer:
Christoph Willibal Gluck
Premiere type:
World premiere
Orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Performers
Dancer | Sheila Alletson |
Dancer | Silvia Ashmole |
Dancer | Shirley Dixon |
Dancer | Jennifer Dodd |
Dancer | Carolyn Fey |
Dancer | Jennifer Kelly |
Dancer | Thelma Litster |
Dancer | Valerie Marsh |
Dancer | Gillian Martlew |
Dancer | Elsa Recagno |
Dancer | June Sandbrook |
Dancer | Sylvia Singleton |
Dancer | John Benfield |
Dancer | John Chesworth |
Dancer | Norman Dixon |
Dancer | Norman Morrice |
Conductor | Vittorio Gui |
Performance note:
Ballet Rambert dancers performed in this production of Gluck's opera by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Only the dancers (not the singers) are listed on this record. This performance is the world premiere of the choreography, not of the opera.
Source:
Scan of the programme for 27 May-31 July 1958 in the Rambert Archive and Glyndebourne's online performance archive