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Mayerling-9 April 2007 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 Barry Wordsworth
Associate Concert Master Sergey Levitin
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Carlos Acosta
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Leanne Benjamin
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Gemma Bond
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		David Drew
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Zenaida Yanowsky
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Mara Galeazzi
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary's mother 		Elizabeth McGorian
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Ricardo Cervera
Archduchess Sophie
mother of Franz Josef 		Sandra Conley
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Marianela Nuñez
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		Christopher Saunders
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Yohei Sasaki
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Bennet Gartside
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Thiago Soares
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Johannes Stepanek
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Elizabeth Sikora
Alfred Grünfeld
a pianist 		Paul Stobart
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Alastair Marriott
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf 		Valeri Hristov
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Samantha Raine
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		David Pickering
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Sian Murphy
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Isabel McMeekan
Princess Valerie as a child Leanne Cope
Mary Vetsera as a child Leanne Benjamin
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Michael Stojko
Count Larisch Joshua Tuifua
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sponsor: Phil Swallow (role of Baroness Mary Vetsera) ; Caroline Swallow (role of Baroness Mary Vetsera)
Durations: Act I: 7.01-8.41pm, Act II: 8.02-8.54pm, Act III: 9.14-9.50pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 9 April 2007 (in Royal Opera House Collections)