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Mayerling-27 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 Rupert Pennefather
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Melissa Hamilton
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Elizabeth Harrod
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		Christopher Saunders
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Kristen McNally
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Marianela Nuñez
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary Vetsera's mother 		Genesia Rosato
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Brian Maloney
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 		Bennet Gartside
Hungarian Officer Sergei Polunin
Hungarian Officer Valeri Hristov
Hungarian Officer Kenta Kura
Hungarian Officer Ludovic Ondiviela
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Louise Mott
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 		Leanne Cope
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		Ryoichi Hirano
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Olivia Cowley
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Celisa Diuana
Princess Valerie as a child Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Mary Vetsera as a child Melissa Hamilton
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		James Hay
Count Larisch Yohei Sasaki
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 7.33-8.13pm, Act II: 8.36-9.27pm, Act III: 9.51-10.28pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 27 October 2009 (in Royal Opera House Collections)