Balanchine: Three Signature Works
Cast sheet
Friday 28 March 2025
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7.30pm
Exceptional philanthropic support from Royal Ballet and Opera Principal Julia Rausing Trust
With the generous support of Aline Foriel-Destezet, Season Principal
Generous philanthropic support from John Burns CBE and Susan Burns OBE, John McGinn and Cary Davis, Sir Lloyd and Lady Dorfman OBE, Simon and Meg Freakley, Kristine Kloberdanz, Royal Ballet and Opera Patrons and The American Friends of Covent Garden
The 2024/25 Royal Ballet Season is generously supported by Aud Jebsen
The evening celebrates the remarkable Patricia Neary and her six decades of staging Balanchine’s ballets with The Royal Ballet.
The performances of Serenade and Prodigal Son, Balanchine© Ballets, are presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and have been produced in accordance with the Balanchine style © and Balanchine Technique © Service standards established and provided by the Trust.
The performance of Symphony in C, a Balanchine© Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The School of American Ballet and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine style © and Balanchine Technique © Service standards established and provided by the Trust
Approximate timings
SERENADE
Credits
Choreography
George Balanchine
Music
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Conductor
Fayçal Karoui
Costume designer
Karinska
Lighting designer
John B. Read
Staging
Patricia Neary
Principal Coaching
Zenaida Yanowsky
Senior Répétiteur
Samantha Raine
Répétiteur
Sian Murphy
Cast
Lauren Cuthbertson, Mayara Magri replaces Yasmine Naghdi, Melissa Hamilton
William Bracewell, Ryoichi Hirano
Ashley Dean, Leticia Dias, Sae Maeda, Mariko M. Sasaki
Bomin Kim, Isabel Lubach, Nadia Mullova-Barley, Katharina Nikelski, Viola Pantuso, Julia Roscoe, Sumina S. Sasaki, Leticia Stock, Charlotte Tonkinson, Amelia Townsend, Marianna Tsembenhoi, Lara Turk, Yu Hang
Harris Bell, Harry Churches, Harrison Lee, Aiden O'Brien
Music credits
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Concert Master
Sergey Levitin
PRODIGAL SON
Credits
Choreography
George Balanchine
Music
Sergey Prokofiev
Conductor
Fayçal Karoui
Designer
Georges Rouault
Lighting designer
John B. Read
Staging
Patricia Neary
Rehearsal Director
Christopher Saunders
Cast
The Prodigal Son
Cesar Corrales
The Siren
Natalia Osipova
Father
Ravi Cannonier-Watson
Servants to the Prodigal Son
Téo Dubreuil, Joonhyuk Jun
The Sisters
Katharina Nikelski, Amelia Townsend
Drinking Companions
Denilson Almeida, Harris Bell, Harry Churches, Martin Diaz, Brayden Gallucci, Harrison Lee, Marco Masciari, Alejandro Muñoz, Aiden O'Brien
Music credits
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Concert Master
Sergey Levitin
SYMPHONY IN C
Credits
Choreography
George Balanchine
Music
Georges Bizet
Conductor
Fayçal Karoui
Designer
Anthony Dowell
Lighting designer
John B. Read
Staging
Patricia Neary
Rehearsal Director
Christopher Saunders
Senior Répétiteur
Samira Saidi
Cast
First Movement: Allegro Vivo
Fumi Kaneko, Vadim Muntagirov
Mariko M. Sasaki, Joonhyuk Jun, Annette Buvoli, Giacomo Rovero
Second Movement: Adagio
Marianela Nuñez, Reece Clarke
Olivia Cowley, Nicol Edmonds, Hannah Grennell, Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød
Third Movement: Allegro Vivace
Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Daichi Ikarashi replaces Marcelino Sambé
Isabella Gasparini, Téo Dubreuil, Ashley Dean, Benjamin Ella
Fourth Movement: Allegro Vivace
Leticia Dias, Joseph Sissens
Romany Pajdak, Liam Boswell, Mica Bradbury, Taisuke Nakao
Music credits
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Concert Master
Sergey Levitin
Director
Kevin O’Hare CBE
Music Director
Koen Kessels
Resident Choreographer
Sir Wayne McGregor CBE
Artistic Associate
Christopher Wheeldon OBE
Administrative Director
Heather Baxter
Rehearsal Director
Christopher Saunders
Clinical Director Ballet Healthcare
Shane Kelly
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