The Sleeping Beauty
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.
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Cast
Marianela Núñez
Vadim Muntagirov
Christopher Saunders
Elizabeth McGorian
Alastair Marriott
Kristen McNally
Claire Calvert
Ryoichi Hirano
Yuhui Choe
Luca Acri
Akane Takada
Valeri Hristov
Yasmine Naghdi
Peter Manning
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
