Performance Database

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Composer: Franz Liszt
Set designer: Sophie Fedorovitch
Costume designer: Sophie Fedorovitch
World premiere: 13 Jun 1934, Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London
Work note: Based on a theme from Nikolaus Lenau's poem 'Faust', which was also the inspiration for the music.
Production note: In the programme, Sophie Fedorovitch is credited as 'costumes and scene'.
Music title: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (1859-1862)
Music details: Live music: piano
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0072