Tales of Beatrix Potter

Composer: Lanchbery, John

Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

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Aunt Pettitoes: Pickering, David

Hunca Munca: Loots, Iohna

Jemima Puddle-Duck: Sykes, Gemma

Johnny Town-Mouse: Cervera, Ricardo

Mr Jeremy Fisher: Faruque, Zachary

Mrs Tiggy-Winkle: Howells, Jonathan

Mrs Tittlemouse: Hewitt, Victoria

Peter Rabbit: Tuifua, Joshua

Pig-Wig: Morera, Laura

Pigling Bland: Gartside, Bennet

Squirrel Nutkin: McRae, Steven

Tom Thumb: Ciriaci, Giacomo

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Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

Conductor: Murphy, Paul

Television Director: Haswell, Jonathan

Lighting Designer: Jonathan, Mark

Set Designer: Edzard, Christine

Costumer Designer: Edzard, Christine

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Date of Production: 12-2007

Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Playing Time: 01:12:12

Catalogue Number: OA1001D

UPC: 809478010012

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Created by Frederick Ashton for a film in 1971, and brought to the stage in a production by Anthony Dowell in 1992, Tales of Beatrix Potter brings alive, with rich characterization and invention, the famous images and stories of Beatrix Potter.

John Lanchbery's music (incorporating mostly forgotten Victorian melodies) is utterly captivating, inspiriting spirited playing from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Paul Murphy. Christine Edzard's designs conjure up a lost England field mice and Berkshire black pigs, of foxgloves and shady groves. Swept up in the ballet's childlike exuberance, the entire cast delivers outstanding portrayals of such colourful figures as Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mr Jeremy Fisher, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and the irrespressible Peter Rabbit. Frederick Ashton's warm and witty, yet demanding, choreography creates a piece of charm and grace for all ages.