Kenneth MacMillan's 1965 version of a ballet by this composer provided a career renaissance for Margot Fonteyn. The second act of a ballet by this composer ends shortly after a piece in which fifteen straight timpani strikes indicate a character's death. Another of his ballets includes a dance for "Grasshoppers and Dragonflies" in the middle of four dances for seasonal fairies. Yuri Fayer convinced this man to restore the (*) original ending of a ballet that includes a part for tenor saxophone. Robert Helpmann and Frederick Ashton premiered the travesty roles of the st
Kenneth MacMillan's 1965 version of a ballet by this composer provided a career renaissance for Margot Fonteyn. The second act of a ballet by this composer ends shortly after a piece in which fifteen straight timpani strikes indicate a character's death. Another of his ballets includes a dance for "Grasshoppers and Dragonflies" in the middle of four dances for seasonal fairies. Yuri Fayer convinced this man to restore the (*) original ending of a ballet that includes a part for tenor saxophone. Robert Helpmann and Frederick Ashton premiered the travesty roles of the stepsisters in the latter's version of a ballet by this composer, who quoted the gavotte from his Classical Symphony in a ballet that also includes the famous "Dance of the Knights". For 10 points, name this Russian composer of the ballets Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet, who also wrote Peter and the Wolf.
Kenneth MacMillan's 1965 version of a ballet by this composer provided a career renaissance for Margot Fonteyn.
Sergei Prokofiev [or Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev]