'Horoscope', a one-act ballet by Constant Lambert - "Invocation of the Moon and Finale"

Constant Lambert wrote this ballet, some say, for the ballet dancer with whom he was having an affair, the famous Margot Fonteyn (later widely considered to be the greatest female ballet dancer of all time).

It had its first performance by the Vic-Wells Ballet at Sadler's Wells Theatre on 27 January 1938, starring Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes, and it made stars of both principal dancers. At that time Constant Lambert was conducting an affair with the young Margot Fonteyn, but they later separated, never to wed. The ballet has been described as a symbolic representation of their affair together.

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