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The Nutcracker-29 December 2015 Matinee 12.30pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Boris Gruzin
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Alastair Marriott
Clara
his god-daughter 		Emma Maguire
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Tristan Dyer
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's assistant Luca Acri
Scene 2: A street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Maiden Aunt Caroline Jennings
Maiden Aunt Susan Nye
Housekeeper Barbara Rhodes
Scene 3: The Stahlbaums' living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		Thomas Whitehead
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Christina Arestis
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Sacha Barber
Clara's partner Marcelino Sambé
Grandmother Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani
Grandfather Jonathan Howells
Dancing Mistress Elizabeth McGorian
Captain Bennet Gartside
Harlequin
a doll 		Kevin Emerton
Columbine
a doll 		Isabella Gasparini
Soldier
a doll 		James Hay
Vivandière
a doll 		Anna Rose O'Sullivan
St Nicholas Reece Clarke
Scene 4: The Battle
Mouse King Tomas Mock
Scene 5: The land of snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Singers London Oratory Junior Choir
Act II
Scene 1: The journey to the Kingdom of Sweets
Scene 2: The Sugar Garden of the Palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Hikaru Kobayashi
The Prince Ryoichi Hirano
Divertissements
Spanish dance Kristen McNally
Spanish dance Bennet Gartside
Spanish dance Annette Buvoli
Spanish dance Eric Underwood
Spanish dance Demelza Parish
Spanish dance Kevin Emerton
Arabian dance Itziar Mendizabal
Arabian dance Johannes Stepanek
Arabian dance Reece Clarke
Arabian dance Fernando Montaño
Chinese dance Leo Dixon
Chinese dance David Donnelly
Chinese dance Solomon Golding
Chinese dance David Yudes
Russian dance Benjamin Ella
Russian dance Marcelino Sambé
Dance of the Mirlitons Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Dance of the Mirlitons Isabella Gasparini
Dance of the Mirlitons Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Dance of the Mirlitons Leticia Stock
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose fairy Yasmine Naghdi
Her escort Matthew Ball
Her escort Téo Dubreuil
Her escort Nicol Edmonds
Her escort Tomas Mock
Leading flower Claire Calvert
Leading flower Tierney Heap
Leading flower Mayara Magri
Leading flower Romany Pajdak
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Hikaru Kobayashi
Grand pas de deux Ryoichi Hirano
Finale Entire Cast
Scene 3: A street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Scene 4: Drosselmeyer's workshop later that night
Other characters
Aunts, Uncles, Parents, Maids, Manservants, Revellers Artists of The Royal Ballet
Children, Toy soldiers, Mice, Gingerbreads, Rabbit drummer, Pages, Sentry Students of The Royal Ballet School (Lower School)
Angels Students of The Royal Ballet School (Upper School)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 12.35-1.24pm, Act II: 1.54-2.42pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 29 December 2015 (in Royal Opera House Collections)