Details

Sleeping Beauty is the much-loved tale of a cursed princess doomed to sleep for one hundred years. However, the enchantment is finally broken with an handsome prince awakens when with a kiss. Approx running time 3 hours. Made possible (2006) by The Linbury Trust and the Royal Opera House Endowment Fund with additional support from The Dalriada Trust, Simon and Virginia Robertson, Mrs Marina Hobson MBE and Dianne and Michael Bienes.

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Producer: Royal Ballet
Conductor(s): Boris Gruzin (Apr08 22 / 26 / 28 / 29 / May08 1 / 2 / 5 / 6), Valeriy Ovsyanikov (Mar08 13 / 17 / 22 / 29 Apr08 3 / 8 / 10 / 11 / 16 / 18)
Choreographer(s): Mariius Petipa, Ninette de Valois (additional choreography), Frederick Ashton (additional choreography), Anthony Dowell (additional choreography), Christopher Wheeldon (additional choreography), Monica Mason (this production - after Ninette de Valois and Nicholas Sergeyev), Christopher Newton (this production - after Ninette de Valois and Nicholas Sergeyev)
Design(s): Oliver Messel, Peter Farmer (realization and additional design)
Lighting: Mark Jonathan