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Mayerling-24 October 1984 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Ashley Lawrence
Leader John Brown
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary David Wall
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Lesley Collier
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Wendy Ellis
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		Derek Rencher
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Monica Mason
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Merle Park
Archduchess Sophie
Mother of Franz Josef 		Julie Wood
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Simon Rice
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Fiona Chadwick
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		David Drew
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Gillian Knight
Alfred Grünfeld
a Pianist 		Anthony Twiner
Baroness Helene Vetsera Gerd Larsen
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Christopher Newton
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf 		Ross MacGibbon
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Genesia Rosato
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		Robert Jude
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Jacqui Tallis
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Christina Parker
Princess Valerie as a child Julie Rose
Mary Vetsera as a child Angela Cox
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Bruce Barraclough
Count Larisch Andrew Ward
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Michael Coleman
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Antony Dowson
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Julian Hosking
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Mark Silver
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting etc. Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Special performance to mark David Wall's farewell appearance with The Royal Ballet.
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 24 October 1984 (in Royal Opera House Collections)