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.
Fumi Kaneko
as Princess Aurora
Federico Bonelli
as Prince Florimund
Gina Storm-Jensen
as Lilac Fairy
Kristen McNally
as Carabosse
Christopher Saunders
as King
Elizabeth McGorian
as Queen
Thomas Whitehead
as Catalabutte
Romany Pajdak
as Fairy of The Crystal Fountain / Princess Aurora's Friend / Red Riding Hood
Luca Acri
as Crystal Fountain Cavalier
Mayara Magri
as Fairy of The Enchanted Garden / Florestan's Sister
Valentino Zucchetti
as Enchanted Garden Cavalier
Claire Calvert
as Fairy of The Woodland Glade
