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.
February 28, 2017
Royal Opera House
15 people
Marianela Núñez
Princess Aurora
Acting
Vadim Muntagirov
Prince Florimund
Acting
Christopher Saunders
King Florestan XXIV
Acting
Elizabeth McGorian
The Queen
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Alastair Marriott
Cattalabutte
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Kristen McNally
Carabosse
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Claire Calvert
Lilac Fairy
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Ryoichi Hirano
Her Cavalier
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Yuhui Choe
Fairy of the Crystal Fountain
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Luca Acri
Her Cavalier
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Akane Takada
Fairy of the Enchanted Garden
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Valeri Hristov
Her cavalier
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