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The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
24th May 2023 7:15 pm
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The Royal Ballet
Broadcast Live: Wednesday 24 May 2023, 7:15pm
The Sleeping Beauty holds a very special place in The Royal Ballet’s heart and history. It was the first performance given by the Company when the Royal Opera House reopened at Covent Garden in 1946 after World War II. In 2006, this original staging was revived and has been delighting audiences ever since. Frederick Ashton famously cited the pure classicism of Marius Petipa’s 19th-century ballet as a private lesson in the atmospheric art and craft of choreography. Be swept away by Tchaikovsky’s ravishing music and Oliver Messel’s sumptuous fairytale designs with this true gem from the classical ballet repertory.
Running time: 3 hours and 25 minutes (including two intervals)
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Choreography: Marius Petipa
Additional choreography: Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon
Production: Monica Mason and Christopher Newton after Ninette de Valois and Nicholas Sergeyev
Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Original designs: Oliver Messel
Additional designs: Peter Farmer
Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
Conducted by: Koen Kessels
Cast: TBC