The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)
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- Runtime
- 135 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Fumi Kaneko
- Federico Bonelli
- Gina Storm-Jensen
- Kristen McNally
- Christopher Saunders
- Elizabeth McGorian
- Thomas Whitehead
- Romany Pajdak
- Luca Acri
- Mayara Magri
- Valentino Zucchetti
- Claire Calvert
- Calvin Richardson
- Anna Rose O'Sullivan
- James Hay
- Yuhui Choe
- Cesar Corrales
- Nicol Edmonds
- Gary Avis
- David Donnelly
- Tomas Mock
- Annette Buvoli
- Isabella Gasparini
- Hannah Grennell
- Meaghan Grace Hinkis
- Leticia Stock
- Christina Arestis
- Erico Montes
- Yasmine Naghdi
- Matthew Ball
- Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Director
- Ross MacGibbon
