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Mayerling-7 October 2009 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
Associate Concert Master Ania Safonova
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 Vetsera's mother 		Elizabeth McGorian
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Steven McRae
Archduchess Sophie
mother of Franz Josef 		Ursula Hageli
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Laura Morera
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		Gary Avis
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Sergei Polunin
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Bennet Gartside
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Yohei Sasaki
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Thomas Whitehead
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 		Johannes Stepanek
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Romany Pajdak
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 		Francesca Filpi
Princess Valerie as a child Leanne Cope
Mary Vetsera as a child Mara Galeazzi
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Michael Stojko
Count Larisch Valeri Hristov
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Paul Hamlyn First Night. All tickets to this performance were sold exclusively through 'The Sun' newspaper at reduced prices. Performance dedicated to the memory of Lord Hamlyn (1926-2001). Monica Mason introduced the performance from the stage.
Sponsor: The Helen Hamlyn Trust (performance) ; The Sun (performance)
Durations: Introduction by Monica Mason: 7.34-7.35pm, Act I: 7.35-8.17pm, Act II: 8.37-9.28pm, Act III: 9.49-10.24pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 7 October 2009 (in Royal Opera House Collections)