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.
Directed by Ross MacGibbon
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TrailerThe Sleeping Beauty trailer (The Royal Ballet)
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Cast

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

Yasmine Naghdi
Fairy of the Woodland Glade
Peter Manning
Concert Master
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