
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
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.
Top Billed Cast

Akane Takada
Titania

Steven McRae
Oberon
Ambrose Bartlett
Changeling Indian Boy

Valentino Zucchetti
Puck

Bennet Gartside
Bottom
Featured Crew

Franz Liszt
Music

Cecil Beaton
Set Designer
David Walker
Set Designer

César Franck
Music
John Lanchbery
Music Editor
John B. Read
Lighting Director

Dudley Simpson
Orchestrator
Sophie Fedorovitch
Set Designer

Frederick Ashton
Choreographer

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Music
Emmanuel Plasson
Conductor