The Sleeping Beauty
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Ballet: Work details
| Choreographer: |
Marius Petipa |
| Composer: |
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky |
| Music title: |
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 |
| Title notes: |
Also known as 'The Sleeping Princess'; a one-act version based primarily on Act III is known as 'Aurora's Wedding' |
| Based on: |
Based on the fairytale 'La Belle au bois dormant' by Charles Perrault |
| Notes: |
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes presented a one-act version of the ballet, entitled 'Aurora's Wedding', at the Royal Opera House in 1929.
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| World premiere: |
3 January 1890, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg |
| ROH premiere: |
20 February 1946, Sadler's Wells Ballet |
| ROH company premiere: |
2 February 1939, The Vic-Wells Ballet |