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Mayerling-16 February 1983 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 Adrian Reed
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Derek Deane
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Lesley Collier
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Wendy Ellis
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		Michael Somes
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Monica Mason
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Merle Park
Archduchess Sophie
Mother of Franz Josef 		Julie Wood
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Graham Fletcher
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Rosalyn Whitten
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		David Drew
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Elizabeth Bainbridge
Alfred Grünfeld
a Pianist 		Anthony Twiner
Baroness Helene Vetsera Gerd Larsen
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Christopher Newton
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf 		Ross MacGibbon
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Genesia Rosato
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		Derek Rencher
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Jacqui Tallis
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Linda Moran
Princess Valerie as a child Julie Rose
Mary Vetsera as a child Angela Cox
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Mark Freeman
Count Larisch Robert Jude
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Michael Batchelor
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Stephen Beagley
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Michael Coleman
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Julian Hosking
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting etc. Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 16 February 1983 (in Royal Opera House Collections)