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Don Quixote-26 October 2013 Evening 7.00pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Martin Yates
Co-Concert Master Sergey Levitin
Cast
Don Quixote Christopher Saunders
Sancho Panza
his squire 		Philip Mosley
Lorenzo
the innkeeper 		Gary Avis
Kitri
his daughter 		Marianela Nuñez
Basilio
a young barber 		Carlos Acosta
Gamache
a rich nobleman 		Bennet Gartside
Espada
a famous matador 		Ryoichi Hirano
Mercedes
a street dancer 		Laura Morera
Kitri's friend Yuhui Choe
Kitri's friend Akane Takada
Kitri's friend Beatriz Stix-Brunell
a matador Valeri Hristov
a matador Johannes Stepanek
Gypsy woman Itziar Mendizabal
Gypsy man Thomas Whitehead
The Queen of the dryads Melissa Hamilton
Amour Elizabeth Harrod
Dulcinea Christina Arestis
Fandango woman Itziar Mendizabal
Fandango man Thomas Whitehead
Tavern girl Kristen McNally
Townspeople, matadors, gypsies, dryads Artists of The Royal Ballet
Students of The Royal Ballet School
Junior Associates of The Royal Ballet School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Yuhui Choe sustained an injury during Act I. She was replaced as one of Kitri's friends by Akane Takada in Act III.
Sponsor: Celia Blakey (role of Producer) ; Celia Blakey (role of Choreographer)
Durations: Prologue/Act I: 7.02-7.53pm, Act II: 8.18-8.52pm, Act III: 9.18-9.53pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 26 October 2013 (in Royal Opera House Collections)