The Sleeping Beauty
Movie - 138mins
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.
Cast:
Akane
Takada
Valeri
Hristov
Yasmine
Naghdi
Peter
Manning
Orchestra
of
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
Marianela
Núñez
Vadim
Muntagirov
Christopher
Saunders
Elizabeth
McGorian
Alastair
Marriott