The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand

Music · 2017

The Dream: Frederick Ashton’s delightful interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. Symphonic Variations: Ashton was inspired to create a ballet on the four seasons – but as he began to choreograph he refined and purified until the ballet shook off its original meaning, emerging as an abstract celebration of movement and physicality. Marguerite and Armand: Marguerite, a Parisian courtesan, lies on her deathbed. She recalls her tragic love affair with Armand in a series of feverish flashbacks.

Starring

Cecil Beaton, Frederick Ashton, Emmanuel Plasson, Akane Takada, John Lanchbery, Steven McRae, Ambrose Bartlett, César Franck, Valentino Zucchetti, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy