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Mayerling-14 October 1986 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 Richard Friedman
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Stephen Jefferies
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Jennifer Penney
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Wendy Ellis
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		Derek Rencher
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Sandra Conley
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Merle Park
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary Vetsera's mother 		Gerd Larsen
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Simon Rice
Archduchess Sophie
Mother of Franz Josef 		Julie Wood
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Rosalyn Whitten
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		David Drew
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Antony Dowson
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Phillip Broomhead
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Jonathan Cope
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Mark Silver
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Faith Wilson
Alfred Grünfeld
a Pianist 		Anthony Twiner
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Christopher Newton
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf 		Christopher Saunders
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Genesia Rosato
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		Robert Jude
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Nicola Tranah
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Fiona Brockway
Princess Valerie as a child Sally Fredericks
Mary Vetsera as a child Angela DeMello
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Christopher Carr
Count Larisch Bruce Barraclough
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting etc. Artists of The Royal Ballet
Students of The Royal Ballet School
The Orchestra of Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet
Notes: Part of the London Dance Festival 1986.
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 14 October 1986 (in Royal Opera House Collections)