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Mayerling-17 April 2007 Evening 7.30pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Barry Wordsworth
Assistant Concert Master Melissa Forshaw
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Edward Watson
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Mara Galeazzi
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Iohna Loots
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		William Tuckett
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Cindy Jourdain
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Sarah Lamb
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary's mother 		Elizabeth McGorian
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Steven McRae
Archduchess Sophie
mother of Franz Josef 		Sandra Conley
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Gillian Revie
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		Gary Avis
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Bennet Gartside
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Yohei Sasaki
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Zachary Faruque
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 		Romany Pajdak
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		Henry St Clair
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Christina Elida Salerno
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Francesca Filpi
Princess Valerie as a child Sabina Westcombe
Mary Vetsera as a child Mara Galeazzi
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Paul Kay
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: 7.31-8.11pm, Act II: 8.31-9.23pm, Act III: 9.44-10.19pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 17 April 2007 (in Royal Opera House Collections)