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Rhapsody on Ice at the Royal Opera House

by Royal Opera House Covent Garden

In 1937 the Royal Opera House stage was transformed into an ice rink for the first ice ballet.

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Belita Jepson Turner in Rhapsody on Ice, 1937, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden © ROH

Harrison Thompson and Belita Jepson-Turner in The Brahman's Daughter, part of Rhapsody on Ice, 1937, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden © ROH

Belita Jepson Turner as the Witch in Gold and Phil Taylor as the Fire Devil in Enchanted Night as part of Rhapsody on Ice at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden © ROH

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Enchanted Night as part of Rhapsody on Ice, 1937, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden © ROH

Transforming the Royal Opera House stage into an ice rink for Rhapsody on Ice, 1937 © ROH

Programme for 'Rhapsody on Ice' which premiered on 26 October 1937 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Programme for 'Rhapsody on Ice' which premiered on 26 October 1937 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Programme for 'Rhapsody on Ice', 26 October 1937 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden © ROH

Belita Jepson Turner in Rhapsody on Ice, 1937, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden © ROH