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.
Production
Royal Opera House
Cast & Characters
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
Directors & Crew
Monica Mason
Producer
Christopher Newton
Producer
Vladimir Pétrovitch Begitchev
Writer
Ross MacGibbon
Director
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