Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty

The wicked fairy Carabosse is furious she wasn’t invited to Princess Aurora’s christening. She gives the baby a spindle, saying that one day the Princess will prick her finger on it and die. The Lilac Fairy makes her own christening gift a softening of Carabosse’s curse: Aurora will not die, but will fall into a deep sleep, which only a prince’s kiss will break. The masterful 19th-century choreography of Marius Petipa is combined with sections created for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon. Recorded live as part of the Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2019/20 with encore screenings broadcast online during the #OurHousetoYourHouse programme.

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  Fumi Kaneko

  Princess Aurora
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  Federico Bonelli

  Prince Florimund
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  Gina Storm-Jensen

  Lilac Fairy
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  Kristen McNally

  Carabosse
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  Christopher Saunders

  King
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  Elizabeth McGorian

  Queen
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  Thomas Whitehead

  Catalabutte
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  Romany Pajdak

  Fairy of The Crystal Fountain / Princess Aurora's Friend / Red Riding Hood
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  Luca Acri

  Crystal Fountain Cavalier
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  Mayara Magri

  Fairy of The Enchanted Garden / Florestan's Sister