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
