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The Nutcracker-30 December 2009 Evening 7.00pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Koen Kessels
Concert Master Peter Manning
Choir Director Charles Cole
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Gary Avis
Clara
his god-daughter 		Iohna Loots
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Ricardo Cervera
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's Assistant Michael Stojko
Scene 2: A street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Maiden Aunt Caroline Jennings
Maiden Aunt Susan Nye
Housekeeper Romayne Grigorova
Scene 3: The Stahlbaum’s living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		Christopher Saunders
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Elizabeth McGorian
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Thomas Bedford
Clara's Partner James Hay
Grandmother Olivia Cowley
Grandfather Philip Mosley
Dancing Mistress Vanessa Palmer
Captain Johannes Stepanek
Harlequin
a doll 		James Wilkie
Columbine
a doll 		Bethany Keating
Soldier
a doll 		Paul Kay
Vivandière
a doll 		Hikaru Kobayashi
St Nicholas Dawid Trzensimiech
Scene 4: The Battle
Mouse King David Pickering
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 Alina Cojocaru
The Prince Johan Kobborg
Divertissements
Spanish Dance Kristen McNally
Spanish Dance José Martín
Spanish Dance Laura McCulloch
Spanish Dance Fernando Montaño
Spanish Dance Cindy Jourdain
Spanish Dance Erico Montes
Arabian Dance Olivia Cowley
Arabian Dance Rupert Pennefather
Arabian Dance Kenta Kura
Arabian Dance Johannes Stepanek
Chinese Dance Dawid Trzensimiech
Chinese Dance James Hay
Chinese Dance Jonathan Watkins
Chinese Dance James Wilkie
Russian Dance Tristan Dyer
Russian Dance Liam Scarlett
Dance of the Mirlitons Leanne Cope
Dance of the Mirlitons Elizabeth Harrod
Dance of the Mirlitons Bethany Keating
Dance of the Mirlitons Emma Maguire
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Hikaru Kobayashi
Her Escort Ryoichi Hirano
Her Escort Ernst Meisner
Her Escort Xander Parish
Her Escort Andrej Uspenski
Leading Flower Helen Crawford
Leading Flower Francesca Filpi
Leading Flower Sian Murphy
Leading Flower Lara Turk
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Alina Cojocaru
Grand pas de deux Johan Kobborg
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: 7.06-7.55pm, Act II: 8.25-9.14pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 30 December 2009 (in Royal Opera House Collections)