Performances

Company: Ballet Rambert

Choreographer: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa

Composer: Adolph Adam

Orchestra: Ballet Rambert Orchestra

Act I
Albrecht, the Duke	Christopher Lyall
Wilfred, the Duke's Squire	John Benfield
Hilarion, a Gamekeeper	Norman Morrice
Giselle, a Peasant Girl	Beryl Goldwyn
Berthe, her Mother	Valerie Marsh
The Prince	John Chesworth
Bathilde, his daughter and Albrecht's Fiancee	Gillian Martlew
One of Two Young Peasants	Lucette Aldous
One of Two Young Peasants	John O'Brien
Giselle's Friend	Thelma Litster
Giselle's Friend	Elsa Recagno
Giselle's Friend	Shirley Dixon
Giselle's Friend	Jennifer Dodd
Giselle's Friend	Sylvia Singleton
Giselle's Friend	Carolyn Fey
Giselle's Friend	Jennifer Kelly
Giselle's Friend	Andrée Lefevre
Giselle's Friend	Diana Norris
Giselle's Friend	Irene Siegfried
Giselle's Friend	Sandra Short
Giselle's Friend	Rachel Holland
Giselle's Friend	Anna Truscott
Giselle's Friend	Doreen Draisey
Courtier	Nicoline Nystrom
Courtier	Renee Moreau
Courtier	Gordon Yeats
Act II: Giselle’s Tomb in the Forest
Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis	Gillian Martlew
Giselle	Beryl Goldwyn
Albrecht	Christopher Lyall
Hilarion	Norman Morrice
Wilfred	John Benfield
Moyne, a Wili	Thelma Litster
Zulme, a Wili	June Sandbrook
Wili	Elsa Recagno
Wili	Valerie Marsh
Wili	Shirley Dixon
Wili	Jennifer Dodd
Wili	Jennifer Kelly
Wili	Carolyn Fey
Wili	Sylvia Singleton
Wili	Sandra Short
Wili	Irene Siegfried
Wili	Rachel Holland
Wili	Anna Truscott
Wili	Doreen Draisey
Conductor	David Ellenberg
Violin (Leader)	Penelope Howard

Choreographer: Norman Morrice

Composer: Carlos Surinach

Premiere type: World premiere

Orchestra: Ballet Rambert Orchestra

Source: Programme for 25 May 1959 (evening) in the Rambert Archive