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The Sleeping Beauty-17 October 1979 Matinee 7.30pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Schools' matinee
Conductor Barry Wordsworth
Cast
King Florestan XXIV Robert Jude
His Queen Rosalind Eyre
Princess Aurora Merle Park
Prince Florimund Wayne Eagling
Cattalabutte
Master of Ceremonies 		Leslie Edwards
The Fairy Carabosse Sandra Conley
The Lilac Fairy Pippa Wylde
PROLOGUE
The Fairy of the Crystal Fountain Vergie Derman
Her Cavalier Antony Dowson
The Fairy of the Enchanted Garden Deirdre Eyden
Her Cavalier Stephen Beagley
The Fairy of the Woodland Glades Gillian Kingsley
Her Cavalier Mark Silver
The Fairy of the Song Birds Julie Rose
Her Cavalier Michael Batchelor
The Fairy of the Golden Vine Rosemary Taylor
Her Cavalier Ross MacGibbon
The Cavalier of The Lilac Fairy Julian Hosking
Gargoyles, Fairy Attendants, Courtiers, Heralds Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT I
The English Prince David Drew
The Spanish Prince Derek Rencher
The Indian Prince Julian Hosking
The French Prince Mark Silver
Princess Aurora's Friend Angela Cox
Princess Aurora's Friend Rashna Homji
Princess Aurora's Friend Gillian Kingsley
Princess Aurora's Friend Barbara Lower
Princess Aurora's Friend Elizabeth Morgan
Princess Aurora's Friend Linda Moran
Princess Aurora's Friend Karen Paisey
Princess Aurora's Friend Rosemary Taylor
Knitting Ladies, Village Maidens, Youths, Courtiers Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT II
The Countess Sally Inkin
Gallison
the Prince's aide 		Garry Grant
The Prince's Entourage Artists of The Royal Ballet
Nymphs, Peasants, Hunt Attendants Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT III
Florestan Julian Hosking
His Sister Deirdre Eyden
His Sister Wendy Groombridge
Puss in Boots Christopher Carr
The White Cat Anita Young
Blue Bird Ashley Page
The Princess Florine Rosalyn Whitten
Hop O' My Thumb and his Magic Boots Stephen Sherriff
Grand Pas De Deux Merle Park
Grand Pas De Deux Wayne Eagling
Mazurka and Finale Artists of The Royal Ballet
Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Beauty and the Beast, Russian Girls, Courtiers Artists of The Royal Ballet
Violin Solo Meyer Stolow
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sponsor: The Royal Opera House Trust (schools' matinee)
Durations: Prologue: 7.30-8.02pm, Act I: 8.18-8.46pm, Act II: 9.01-9.37pm, Act III: 9.41-10.13pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 17 October 1979 (in Royal Opera House Collections)