
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.

as Princess Aurora

as Prince Florimund

as King Florestan XXIV

as The Queen

as Cattalabutte

as Carabosse

as Lilac Fairy

as Her Cavalier

as Fairy of the Crystal Fountain

as Her Cavalier

as Fairy of the Enchanted Garden

as Her cavalier

as Fairy of the Woodland Glade

as Concert Master

as Musicians