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The Sleeping Beauty - 21 January 1969 Evening
Ballet:
Performance details
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Company: |
The Royal Ballet |
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Venue: |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
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Performance status: |
Original season |
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Conductor
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John Lanchbery
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Leader
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Charles Taylor
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Cast |
| King Florestan
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Leslie Edwards |
| His Queen
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Gerd Larsen |
| Princess Aurora
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Merle Park |
| Prince Florimund
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Rudolf Nureyev |
Cattalabutte
Master of the Ceremonies
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Stanley Holden |
Carabosse
the Wicked Fairy
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Julia Farron |
| The Lilac Fairy
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Vyvyan Lorrayne |
| Prologue
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| The Fairy of Beauty
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Ria Peri |
| Her Cavalier
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Petrus Bosman |
| The Fairy of Honour
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Christine Beckley |
| Her Cavalier
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Chinko Rafique |
| The Fairy of Modesty
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Diana Vere |
| Her Cavalier
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Peter O'Brien |
| The Fairy of Joy
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Georgina Parkinson |
| Her Cavalier
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David Drew |
| The Fairy of Song
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Ann Jenner |
| Her Cavalier
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Michael Coleman |
| The Fairy of Temperament
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Monica Mason |
| Her Cavalier
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Paul Brown |
| Fairy Attendants, Courtiers, Heralds, Pages, Rats, Mice, etc.
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Artists of The Royal Ballet |
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Students of The Royal Ballet School |
| Act I
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| The Prince of the North
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Derek Rencher |
| The Prince of the South
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Gary Sherwood |
| The Prince of the East
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Robert Mead |
| The Prince of the West
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David Drew |
| Princess Aurora's Friend
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Avril Bergen |
| Princess Aurora's Friend
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Lesley Collier |
| Princess Aurora's Friend
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Jill Cooke |
| Princess Aurora's Friend
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Bridget Goodricke |
| Princess Aurora's Friend
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Carole Hill |
| Princess Aurora's Friend
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Rosemary Taylor |
| Princess Aurora's Friend
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Marilyn Trounson |
| Princess Aurora's Friend
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Diana Vere |
| Village Maidens, Peasants, Courtiers, etc.
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| Act II
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| The Countess
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Christine Beckley |
| The Prince's Aide
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Ronald Plaisted |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Deirdre O'Conaire |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Ria Peri |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Derek Rencher |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Christopher Newton |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Julie Wood |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Betty Kavanagh |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Rosalind Bury |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Joanna Mordaunt |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Dennis Griffith |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Paul Brown |
| The Prince's Entourage
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David Gayle |
| The Prince's Entourage
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Chinko Rafique |
| Nymphs, Peasants, Hunt Attendants, etc.
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| Act III
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| Gold and Silver Pas de Trois
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Jennifer Penney |
| Gold and Silver Pas de Trois
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Brian Shaw |
| Gold and Silver Pas de Trois
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Keith Martin |
| The Blue Bird
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Ann Jenner |
| The Blue Bird
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Michael Coleman |
| The White Cat
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Lesley Collier |
| Puss-in-Boots
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Alexander Grant |
| Pas de Deux
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Merle Park |
| Pas de Deux
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Rudolf Nureyev |
| Finale
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The Full Company |
| Fairy Tale Characters, Fairy Attendants, Courtiers, etc.
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The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
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Information source: |
Royal Opera House programme for 21 January 1969 (in Royal Opera House Collections) |