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Mayerling-8 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 Johan Kobborg
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Leanne Benjamin
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Emma Maguire
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		Christopher Saunders
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Deirdre Chapman
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Laura Morera
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary Vetsera's mother 		Genesia Rosato
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Jonathan Howells
Archduchess Sophie
mother of Franz Josef 		Ursula Hageli
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Helen Crawford
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		Valeri Hristov
Hungarian Officer José Martín
Hungarian Officer Brian Maloney
Hungarian Officer Johannes Stepanek
Hungarian Officer Andrej Uspenski
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 		Thomas Whitehead
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Samantha Raine
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		Ernst Meisner
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Sian Murphy
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Francesca Filpi
Princess Valerie as a child Romany Pajdak
Mary Vetsera as a child Leanne Benjamin
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		James Hay
Count Larisch Bennet Gartside
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 7.33-8.14pm, Act II: 8.36-9.28pm, Act III: 9.52-10.28pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 8 October 2009 (in Royal Opera House Collections)