Nureyev details

Performance role
Debut in a role
Yes
Creative role
  • Performer
  • Choreographer

Other info

Venue
Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom
Company
The Royal Ballet
Sources

Royal Ballet mixed programme

27, 30 November and 6, 7 December 1963

The production of The Kingdom of Shades was revised and produced by Nureyev and designed by Philip Prowse.  You can learn more about Nureyev’s work on the piece here.

On the first night the programme also included The Rake’s Progress (Ninette de Valois) and Petrushka (Mikhail Fokine), but Nureyev only performed in The Kingdom of the Shades.

Works

Kingdom of the Shades (Nureyev)

Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa

Music: Ludwig Minkus

Performance role: Solor

Debut performance of this role

Other performers: Margot Fonteyn (Nikiya),
Merle Park (A Shadow),
Lynn Seymour (A Shadow),
Monica Mason (A Shadow)