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.
as Princess Aurora
as Prince Florimund
as Lilac Fairy
as Carabosse
as King
as Queen
as Catalabutte
as Fairy of The Crystal Fountain / Princess Aurora's Friend / Red Riding Hood
as Crystal Fountain Cavalier
as Fairy of The Enchanted Garden / Florestan's Sister
as Enchanted Garden Cavalier
as Fairy of The Woodland Glade
as Woodland Glade Cavalier
as Fairy of The Song Bird / Florestan's Sister
as Song Bird Cavalier / Florestan
as Fairy of The Golden Vine
as Golden Vine Cavalier
as Lilac Fairy's Cavalier / The French Prince / The Wolf
as The English Prince
as The Indian Prince
as The Russian Prince
as Princess Aurora's Friend
as Princess Aurora's Friend
as Princess Aurora's Friend
as Princess Aurora's Friend
as Princess Aurora's Friend
as The Countess
as Gallison
as Princess Florine
as The Bluebird
