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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  Marianela Núñez

  Princess Aurora
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  Vadim Muntagirov

  Prince Florimund
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  Christopher Saunders

  King Florestan XXIV
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  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