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Production

Antigone (1959)

APGRD id
5448
Start date
19th October 1959
Production Media
Choreographic work (dance, ballet, mime, dumbshow, performance art etc.)
Associated ancient works
Antigone (Sophocles)
Scripts:
La Thébaïde ou Les Frères ennemis (Jean-Baptiste Racine (1639-1699))
Companies
APGRD Notes
One-act ballet created for dancer Svetlana Beriosova. Henrietta Bannerman describes it as 'a mainstay of the Royal Ballet repertory through the early 1960s; it was also performed in Germany in 1961. However in 1966 it disappeared from the ballet repertory' (Bannerman, 2015, p.1).
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/5448
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Person Credit Notes
Svetlana Nikolayevna Beriosova (1932-1998) AKA Beriozova / Beryozova Dancer Antigone (Oct. & Dec. 1959; April 1961; Oct. 1961; July 1962; 19 Jan. 1963, 2 March, 6 March, 30 March 1963; Feb. 1964; Feb. 1966)
Mikis Theodorakis Composer
John Cyril Cranko (1927-1973) Choreographer
Michael Somes Dancer Creon (Oct. 1959; Dec. 1959; 7 April 1961; Oct. 1961; July 1962; Jan. 1963; Feb. 1963; 2 March, 6 March, 30 March 1963)
Rufino Tamayo Costume Designer
Rufino Tamayo Set Designer
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (1938-1993) Dancer Etiocles (22 Jan. 1963; 4 March, 6 March 1963)
William Bundy Lighting Designer
David Blair (1932-1976) Dancer Polynices (Oct. & Dec. 1959; April 1961)
Derek Rencher (1932-2014) Dancer Haemon (Feb. 1963; 4 March 1963; Feb. 1966)
Leslie Edwards Dancer Oedipus (Oct. 1959; Dec. 1959; April 1961; Oct. 1961; July 1962; Jan. 1963; Feb. 1963; March 1963; Feb. 1964; Feb. 1966).
Julia Farron Dancer Jocasta (Oct. & Dec. 1959)
Gary Burne Dancer Etiocles (Oct. & Dec. 1959; April 1961)
Donald MacLeary Dancer Haemon (Oct. & Dec. 1959; April 1961; Oct. 1961; July 1962; Jan. 1963; 2, 6, and 30 March 1963; Feb. 1964)
Hugo Rignold Conductor Oct. & Dec. 1959
Gerd Larsen Dancer Jocasta (April 1961; Oct. 1961; July 1962; Jan. 1963; Feb. 1963; March 1963; Feb. 1964; Feb 1966).
John Lanchbery Conductor April 1961; Oct. 1961; July 1962; Jan. 1963; Feb. 1963; 2, 4, and 6 March 1963; 3 and 6 Feb. 1964;
Ronald Hynd Dancer Creon (13, 14 April 1961; 4 March 1963; Feb. 1964; Feb. 1966)
David Drew Dancer Polynices (Oct. 1961; July 1962; Jan. 1963; Feb. 1963; March 1963; Feb. 1964; Feb. 1966)
Keith Rosson Dancer Etiocles (Oct. 1961; July 1962; 19 Jan. 1963; Feb. 1963; 2 March, 30 March 1963; Feb. 1964; Feb. 1966)
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England – Premiere. Performances on 19, 20, 23 Oct.
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England Single performance
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England – Performances on 7, 13, 14 April
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England Single performance
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England Single performance
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England – Performances on 19 and 22 Jan. only.
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England Single performance
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England – Performances on 2, 4, 6 March.
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England Single performance
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England – Performances on: 3, 6, 22 February.
Royal Opera House, ROH Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) England – Performed on 10, 11, 19 and 26 Feb. Last performances before falling out of the The Royal Ballet's repertory.
Title Year Format Content
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Title Year Format Content
Theatre World Annual Journal
Dance Research: John Cranko’s ‘Antigone’ (1959): A Ballet Lost and Found. 2015 Digital file journal article
RBO Collections: Performance Database 1946 Database database