Different Drummer (ballet)
Different Drummer is a one-act ballet created by Kenneth MacMillan in 1984 for the Royal Ballet. The music is by Anton Webern (Passacaglia for orchestra, Op. 1) and Arnold Schoenberg (Verklärte Nacht). The story is based on the play Woyzeck by Georg Büchner.
The first performance was on 24 February 1984, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.[1]
Original cast[]
- Wayne Eagling
- Alessandra Ferri
- Stephen Jefferies
- David Drew
- Jonathan Burrows
- Jonathan Cope
- Ross MacGibbon
- Bruce Sansom
Notes[]
- ^ "Different Drummer", Royal Opera House Collections Online, retrieved 8 October 2014
Categories:
- Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan
- Ballets to the music of Anton von Webern
- 1984 ballet premieres
- Works based on Woyzeck
- Ballet stubs