The Prince of the Pagodas (MacMillan)

The Prince of the Pagodas is a ballet created by Kenneth MacMillan in 1989 for the Royal Ballet, London, based on the original 1957 John Cranko version. The music is by Benjamin Britten. The scenario was by Colin Thubron, the set and costume designer was Nicholas Georgiadis, and the lighting designer was John B Read.

The first performance was at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 7 December 1989. The lead roles were danced by Darcey Bussell and Jonathan Cope.^[1]

Original cast

• Darcey Bussell
• Jonathan Cope
• Tetsuya Kumakawa
• Fiona Chadwick
• Anthony Dowell

References

Benjamin Britten
Opera and operetta	Paul Bunyan (1941) Peter Grimes (1945) The Rape of Lucretia (1946) Albert Herring (1947) The Little Sweep (1949) Billy Budd (1951) Gloriana (1953) The Turn of the Screw (1954) Noye's Fludde (1958) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960) Owen Wingrave (1971) Death in Venice (1973)
Church parables	Curlew River (1964) The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966) The Prodigal Son (1968)
Film/Ballet	Night Mail (1936) The Prince of the Pagodas (1956)
Orchestral	Sinfonietta (1932) Simple Symphony (1934) Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (1937) Mont Juic (1937) Sinfonia da Requiem (1940) The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946)
Concertante	Piano Concerto (1938, rev. 1945) Violin Concerto (1939, rev. 1958) Young Apollo (1939) Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra (1940 rev. 1954) Cello Symphony (1963)
Vocal/Choral Orchestral	Our Hunting Fathers (1936) The Company of Heaven (1937) Les Illuminations (1939) Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (1943) Saint Nicolas (1948) Spring Symphony (1949) Nocturne (1958) Cantata academica (1959) War Requiem (1961) Cantata misericordium (1963) Phaedra (1975)
Vocal	Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (1940) The Holy Sonnets of John Donne (1945) A Charm of Lullabies (1947) 5 Canticles (1947–74, including Canticle III: Still falls the rain (1954) Winter Words (1954) Songs from the Chinese (1957) Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente (1958) Songs and Proverbs of William Blake (1965) The Poet's Echo (1965) Who Are These Children? (1969) A Birthday Hansel (1975)
Choral	Friday Afternoons (1932–1935) A Boy was Born (1933) Te Deum in C (1934) A Ceremony of Carols (1942) Hymn to St Cecilia (1942) Festival Te Deum (1944) Rejoice in the Lamb (1943) Missa Brevis (1959) The Golden Vanity (1966) Sacred and Profane (8 medieval lyrics) (1974)
Chamber/Instrumental	Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria (organ, 1946) Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (oboe, 1951) Fanfare for St Edmundsbury (three trumpets, 1959) Cello sonata (1961) Nocturnal after John Dowland (guitar, 1963) Cello suites (1964, 1967, 1972)
Collaborations	Homage to Paderewski (1941) Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (1953)
Film adaptations	War Requiem (1989 film)
Named for Britten	Benjamin Britten (train) The Benjamin Britten High School Britten Inlet
Related articles	Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten English Opera Group
List of compositions by Benjamin Britten Category:Benjamin Britten