The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty — Plot

The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful Princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund. Sixty years later, in 2006, the original 1946 staging was revived by then Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason and Christopher Newton, returning Oliver Messel’s wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage.

• Release date
• February 28, 2017
• Runtime
• 138 min
• Genres
• Music, Fantasy
• Director
• Ross MacGibbon

The Sleeping Beauty — Cast

Marianela Núñez Princess Aurora Vadim Muntagirov Prince Florimund Christopher Saunders King Florestan XXIV Elizabeth McGorian The Queen Alastair Marriott Cattalabutte Kristen McNally Carabosse Claire Calvert Lilac Fairy Ryoichi Hirano Her Cavalier