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.
Marianela Núñez
as Princess Aurora
Vadim Muntagirov
as Prince Florimund
Christopher Saunders
as King Florestan XXIV
Elizabeth McGorian
as The Queen
Alastair Marriott
as Cattalabutte
Kristen McNally
as Carabosse
Claire Calvert
as Lilac Fairy
Ryoichi Hirano
as Her Cavalier
Yuhui Choe
as Fairy of the Crystal Fountain
Luca Acri
as Her Cavalier
Akane Takada
as Fairy of the Enchanted Garden
Valeri Hristov
as Her cavalier
