The Sleeping Beauty

Overview

The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful Princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund. Sixty years later, in 2006, the original 1946 staging was revived by then Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason and Christopher Newton, returning Oliver Messel’s wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage.

Directed by Ross MacGibbon

Top cast

Marianela Núñez

Princess Aurora

Vadim Muntagirov

Prince Florimund

Christopher Saunders

King Florestan XXIV

Elizabeth McGorian

The Queen

Alastair Marriott

Cattalabutte

Kristen McNally

Carabosse

Claire Calvert

Lilac Fairy

Ryoichi Hirano

Her Cavalier

Yuhui Choe

Fairy of the Crystal Fountain

Luca Acri

Her Cavalier

Akane Takada

Fairy of the Enchanted Garden

Valeri Hristov

Her cavalier

Yasmine Naghdi

Fairy of the Woodland Glade

P

Peter Manning

Concert Master

O

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Musicians

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