Type
Royal Opera House
Date
24/05/2023
Doors Open
6:45 pm
Starting Time
7:15 pm
Running Time: 3:25 Hours
Intervals: 2
The Royal Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
Magic and fairytale characters are brought to life through ballet in this well-known family favourite.
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.
- 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
