Mayerling-31 October 1992 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
Leader John Brown
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Stephen Jefferies
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress
Lesley Collier
Princess Stephanie
his wife
Nicola Roberts
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father
Derek Rencher
Empress Elisabeth
his mother
Tracy Brown
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf
Fiona Chadwick
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary Vetsera's mother
Sandra Conley
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer
Tetsuya Kumakawa
Archduchess Sophie
mother of Franz Josef
Jacqui Tallis
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress
Deborah Bull
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover
Stephen Wicks
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf
Stuart Cassidy
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf
Adam Cooper
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf
Sergiu Pobereznic
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf
Christopher Saunders
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend
Pauline Stroud
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary
Christopher Newton
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf
David Pickering
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister
Sarah Wildor
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf
Luke Heydon
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister
Gail Taphouse
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister
Muriel Valtat
Princess Valerie as a child Leana Palmer
Mary Vetsera as a child Michelle Davis
Loschek
Rudolf's valet
Iain Webb
Count Larisch Matthew Trent
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting Artists of The Royal Ballet
Students of The Royal Ballet School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance dedicated to the memory of Kenneth MacMillan (1929-1992)
Durations: Act I: 42 minutes, Interval: 20 minutes, Act II: 53 minutes, Interval: 20 minutes, Act III: 37 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 31 October 1992 (in Royal Opera House Collections)