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The Nutcracker-15 December 2001 Matinee

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Jacques Lacombe
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer William Tuckett
Clara
his God-daughter 		Iohna Loots
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Justin Meissner
Act I scene 1 Drosselmeyer's workshop - early evening
Drosselmeyer's Assistant Tom Sapsford
Act I scene 2 Street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Maiden Aunt Diane Holland
Maiden Aunt Pauline Wadsworth
Housekeeper Romayne Grigorova
Act I scene 3 The Stahlbaums' living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		Christopher Saunders
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Leire Ortueta
Fritz
her brother 		Guy Burden
Clara's partner Michael Stojko
Grandmother Nicola Tranah
Grandfather Luke Heydon
Dancing Mistress Genesia Rosato
Captain David Drew
Harlequin
a doll 		Joshua Tuifua
Columbine
a doll 		Victoria Hewitt
Soldier
a doll 		Ricardo Cervera
Vivandière
a doll 		Jaimie Tapper
St Nicholas José María Tirado
Devil Antoine Jully
Devil Brian Maloney
Act I scene 4 The Battle
The Mouse King Maurice Vodegel-Matzen
Act I scene 5 The Land of Snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Act II scene 1 The journey to the Kingdom of Sweets
Act II scene 2 The Sugar Garden of the Palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Zenaida Yanowsky
The Prince Iñaki Urlezaga
Divertissements
Spanish Dance Nicola Tranah
Spanish Dance Nathan Coppen
Spanish Dance Sian Murphy
Spanish Dance Martin Harvey
Spanish Dance Tomoko Furuya
Spanish Dance Thomas Whitehead
Arabian Dance Chloe Davies
Arabian Dance Christopher Saunders
Arabian Dance Alastair Marriott
Arabian Dance Joshua Tuifua
Chinese Dance Ricardo Cervera
Chinese Dance Antoine Jully
Chinese Dance Tom Sapsford
Chinese Dance Michael Stojko
Russian Dance Bennet Gartside
Russian Dance Brian Maloney
Dance of the Mirlitons Jenny Tattersall
Dance of the Mirlitons Victoria Hewitt
Dance of the Mirlitons Samantha Raine
Dance of the Mirlitons Naomi Reynolds
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Marianela Nuñez
Her Escort Kenta Kura
Her Escort Edward Watson
Her Escort Maurice Vodegel-Matzen
Her Escort Johannes Stepanek
Leading Flower Laura Morera
Leading Flower Leire Ortueta
Leading Flower Emily Low
Leading Flower Muriel Valtat
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Zenaida Yanowsky
Grand pas de deux Iñaki Urlezaga
Finale Entire Cast
Act II scene 3 Street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Act II scene 4 Drosselmeyer's workshop - later that night
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)
London Oratory School Schola
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sponsor: AMP NPI (performance)
Durations: Act I: 51 minutes, Interval: 30 minutes, Act II: 50 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 15 December 2001 (in Royal Opera House Collections)