Royal Opera House's The Sleeping Beauty (2023)
King Florestan XXIV and his Queen have invited all the fairies to the christening of their daughter, Princess Aurora. The celebration is interrupted by the arrival of Carabosse, the Wicked Fairy. In her anger at not being invited she gives Aurora a spindle, saying that one day the Princess will prick her finger on it and die. The Lilac Fairy promises that Aurora will not die but fall into a deep sleep, from which she will be woken by a prince’s kiss.
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Yasmine Naghdi as Princess Aurora |
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Matthew Ball as Prince Florimund |
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Kristen McNally as Carabosse |
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Mayara Magri as Lilac Fairy |