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The Nutcracker-9 January 2017 Matinee 2.30pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Dominic Grier
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Thomas Whitehead
Clara
His god-daughter 		Leticia Stock
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
His nephew 		Marcelino Sambé
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's assistant David Yudes
Scene 2: A street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Maiden Aunt Caroline Jennings
Maiden Aunt Susan Nye
Housekeeper Clare Lumley
Scene 3: The Stahlbaums' living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		Gary Avis
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Christina Arestis
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Kyle Little
Clara's partner Benjamin Ella
Grandmother Hannah Grennell
Grandfather Alastair Marriott
Dancing mistress Olivia Cowley
Captain Bennet Gartside
Harlequin
a doll 		Kevin Emerton
Columbine
a doll 		Isabella Gasparini
Soldier
a doll 		Luca Acri
Vivandière
a doll 		Meaghan Grace Hinkis
St Nicholas Lukas Bjørneboe Brᴂndsrød
Scene 4: The battle
Mouse King David Donnelly
Scene 5: The Land of Snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Singers
Director, Charles Cole 		London Oratory Junior Choir
Act II
Scene 1: The journey to the Kingdom of the Sweets
Scene 2: The Sugar Garden of the Palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Sarah Lamb
The Prince Vadim Muntagirov
Divertissements
Spanish dance Christina Arestis
Spanish dance Johannes Stepanek
Spanish dance Annette Buvoli
Spanish dance David Donnelly
Spanish dance Demelza Parish
Spanish dance Fernando Montaño
Arabian dance Tierney Heap
Arabian dance Tomas Mock
Arabian dance Lukas Bjørneboe Brᴂndsrød
Arabian dance Nicol Edmonds
Chinese dance Matthew Ball
Chinese dance Calvin Richardson
Russian dance Luca Acri
Russian dance David Yudes
Dance of the Mirlitons Ashley Dean
Dance of the Mirlitons Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Dance of the Mirlitons Mayara Magri
Dance of the Mirlitons Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Hikaru Kobayashi
Her escort Kevin Emerton
Her escort Benjamin Ella
Her escort Solomon Golding
Her escort Reece Clarke
Leading flower Olivia Cowley
Leading flower Itziar Mendizabal
Leading flower Yasmine Naghdi
Leading flower Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Sarah Lamb
Grand pas de deux Vadim Muntagirov
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
Angels, Children, Toy Soldiers, Mice, Gingerbreads, Rabbit Drummer, Pages, Sentry Students of The Royal Ballet School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 2.38-3.28pm, Act II: 3.59-4.47pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 9 January 2017 (in Royal Opera House Collections)