Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty

Overview

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.

Cast

Fumi Kaneko

Princess Aurora

Federico Bonelli

Prince Florimund

Gina Storm-Jensen

Lilac Fairy

Kristen McNally

Carabosse

Christopher Saunders

King

Elizabeth McGorian

Queen

Thomas Whitehead

Catalabutte

Romany Pajdak

Fairy of The Crystal Fountain / Princess Aurora's Friend / Red Riding Hood

Luca Acri

Crystal Fountain Cavalier

Mayara Magri

Fairy of The Enchanted Garden / Florestan's Sister

Valentino Zucchetti

Enchanted Garden Cavalier

Claire Calvert

Fairy of The Woodland Glade