The Sleeping Beauty (2017)
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.
Director: Ross MacGibbon
https://www.roh.org.uk/showings/the-sleeping-beauty-live-2017
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Marianela Núñez as Princess Aurora |
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Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Florimund |
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Christopher Saunders as King Florestan XXIV |
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Elizabeth McGorian as The Queen |
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Alastair Marriott as Cattalabutte |
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Kristen McNally as Carabosse |
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Claire Calvert as Lilac Fairy |
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Ryoichi Hirano as Her Cavalier |
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Yuhui Choe as Fairy of the Crystal Fountain |
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Luca Acri as Her Cavalier |
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Akane Takada as Fairy of the Enchanted Garden |
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Valeri Hristov as Her cavalier |
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Yasmine Naghdi as Fairy of the Woodland Glade |
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Peter Manning as Concert Master |
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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House as Musicians |
| Crew | Frederick Ashton | Creative Consultant |
| Crew | Anthony Dowell | Creative Consultant |
| Crew | Marius Petipa | Choreographer |
| Production | Ninette de Valois | Production Assistant |
| Production | Nicholas Sergeyev | Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Mark Jonathan | Lighting Design |
| Production | Monica Mason | Producer |
| Sound | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Music |
| Crew | Christopher Wheeldon | Creative Consultant |
| Sound | Koen Kessels | Conductor |
| Sound | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House | Musician |
| Directing | Christopher Carr | Stage Director |
| Art | Oliver Messel | Set Designer |
| Art | Peter Farmer | Set Designer |
| Production | Christopher Newton | Producer |
| Writing | Vladimir Pétrovitch Begitchev | Writer |
| Writing | Johann Karl August Musäus | Novel |
| Directing | Ross MacGibbon | Director |