Choreographer:
Michel Fokine
Producer:
Leon Woizikovsky
Composer:
Robert Schumann
Costume designer:
Léon Bakst (after)
Rambert premiere:
20 Dec 1930, Marie Rambert Dancers, Lyric Hammersmith, London
World premiere:
4 Jun 1910, Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Théâtre Nationale de l'Opéra, Paris, France
Work note:
At the world premiere, the work's title was in French: 'Le Carnaval'.
Production note:
The costumes were after Bakst's originals for the Ballets Russes.
Music title:
Carnaval (1835)
Music details:
Live music: piano
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0035
Performances
| Date ↿↾ | Programme ↿⇂ | Venue ↿⇂ |
|---|---|---|
|
27 Nov 1944 Evening |
Carnaval | Death and the Maiden | The Fugitive | Gala Performance | Theatre Royal, Bristol |
|
27 Dec 1943 Matinee |
Soirée Musicale (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Valse Noble (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Coquette (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Carnival of Animals (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Dances from Les Sylphides (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Arts Theatre Cambridge |
|
27 Dec 1943 Matinee |
Soirée Musicale (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Valse Noble (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Coquette (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Carnival of Animals (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Dances from Les Sylphides (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Arts Theatre Cambridge |
|
22 Apr 1934 Evening |
Paramour* | Le Rugby | Mermaid | Carnaval | Mercury Theatre, London |
|
31 Dec 1931 Evening |
La Péri (The Flower of Immortality) | Constanza's Lament (from ''The Good-humoured Ladies'') | Dances from ''Cross-Garter'd'' | A Florentine Picture | Dances from ''Carnaval'' | Le Rugby | Dances on a Scottish Theme | Le Lac des Cygnes | Mercury Theatre, London |
|
22 Jun 1931 Evening |
Carnaval | Le Boxing | Waterloo and the Crimea | Mercury* | Pavane | Russian Peasant | La Belle Ecuyère | Variation from ''Swan Lake'' | Blue Bird | Mannequin | Mademoiselle de Maupin | Mazurka Finale | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
|
16 Feb 1931 Evening |
Dances from Carnaval | Le Cricket | La Péri* | Russian Peasant Dance | The Mannequin and her Beau | Saudade do Brésil | A Florentine Picture | Le Boxing* | Aurora's Wedding | Mercury Theatre, London |
|
5 Jan 1931 Evening |
Carnaval | Cricket | Rugby | A Florentine Picture | Le Spectre de la Rose | Les Sylphides | Capriol Suite | Primavera* | Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' | Mannequin | Final Galop | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
|
3 Jan 1931 Evening |
Carnaval | Cricket | Rugby | A Florentine Picture | Le Spectre de la Rose | Les Sylphides | Capriol Suite | Shepherd's Hornpipe | Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' | Mannequin | Farrucca | Final Galop | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
|
22 Dec 1930 Evening |
Carnaval | Cricket | Rugby | A Florentine Picture | Le Spectre de la Rose | Les Sylphides | Capriol Suite | Shepherd's Hornpipe | Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' | Mannequin | Farrucca | Final Galop | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
|
20 Dec 1930 Evening |
Carnaval* | Cricket* | Rugby | A Florentine Picture* | Le Spectre de la Rose | Les Sylphides | Capriol Suite | Shepherd's Hornpipe | Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' | Mannequin | Farrucca | Final Galop | Lyric Hammersmith, London |