[1] The ballet is based on the story of Anna Anderson, who purported to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia.
The first two acts of the 1971 version show Anastasia's life (or Anderson's mental image of it) in her privileged surroundings before the Russian Revolution.
In that, and later revivals, the title role was performed by Viviana Durante, Leanne Benjamin, Gillian Revie, Mara Galeazzi, Lauren Cuthbertson, Laura Morera, and Natalia Osipova.
[7] Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 25 June 1967 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 22 July 1971: The 2016 production, starring Natalia Osipova, Marianela Nuñez, Federico Bonelli, Edward Watson, Thiago Soares, Christina Arestis and Christopher Saunders was released on a DVD.
[8] In light of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and it's impacts on the performing arts, the Royal Opera House released the recording online.