Charles Mackerras authority on Mozart's operas and those of Sir Arthur Sullivan. His ballet with John Cranko, "Pineapple Poll", is an arrangement of Sullivan music with a story based on one of W. S. Gilbert's "Bab Ballads". The piece premiered in 1951, soon after the expiration of copyright on Sullivan's music, and continues to be a popular light music favourite in English speaking countries. Mackerras later arranged music by Giuseppe Verdi for the ballet "The Lady and the Fool". He also arranged a suite from John Ireland's score for the 1946 film "The Overlanders", after Ireland's death in 1962. He became principal
La Perle (ballet) and from Riccardo Drigo's memoirs. Divertissement-ballet in one act interpolation: ""La Perle jaune" pas de deux for Mathilde Kschessinskaya and Nikolai Legat —" La Perle (ballet) La Perle (en. "The Pearl") (ru. «Жемчужина» or «Прелестная жемчужина»; "Zhemchuzhina" or "Prelestnaya Zhemchuzhina") (en. "Pearl" or "Pretty Pearl") is a "ballet-divertissement" in one act, with libretto and choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Riccardo Drigo. "La Perle" was created by Marius Petipa—the renowned "Premier maître de ballet" of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres—and the composer Riccardo Drigo—principal conductor of ballet and Italian opera performances for the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres and director