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Title: VESPRI / LA SYLPHIDE REHEARSAL

Reference number: 11342

Date: 1979c

Sound: sound

Colour: bw

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 34.27 mins

Description: A full performance of Vespri, recorded at the King's Theatre in Edinburgh.

Vespri is a suite of dances choreographed by Andre Prokovsky, who was married to Galina Samsova between 1972-1981. Samsova was a principal dancer with, and later artistic director of, Scottish Ballet.

'A brilliant and witty one-act piece to the ballet music written by Verdi for his opera ‘The Sicilian Vespers’, with sparkling costumes and settings by Norman MacDowell.' (STA SB Box 15/3a)

This tape also contains footage of a stage rehearsal of Act One of La Sylphide. The location and date of this rehearsal are unknown, but the performance resembles others of La Sylphide at the King's Theatre in Edinburgh - for example, the recording at ref. 11296

The Scottish Theatre Archive holds material relating to Vespri:
Vespri. Charter Theatre, Preston, 1983. November 1-2. Programme: STA SB 9/17a
Vespri. The Pavillion, Rothesay, 1977, November 3, Leaflet
Call Number: STA SB 5/39e:
La Sylphide. King's Theatre, Edinburgh, 1977 August 24, 26, 27. Programme: STA SB 11/3a

Please note this is a copy of the raw capture of the original analogue video for preservation and as such may display defects such as dropout, washed out colour and sound fluctuation.

Credits: [Vespri
Choreographer: Andre Prokovsky
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Design Norman McDowell
Lighting: Peter Searle

La Sylphide
Choreographer: August Bournonville
Composer: Hermann Lovenskjold]

Shotlist: Vespri
Performance: 00.25-23.50
Curtain call: 25.53-26.44

La Sylphide
Rehearsal: 28.22-33.55