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The Nutcracker-31 December 2015 Evening 5.00pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Boris Gruzin
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Will Tuckett
Clara
his god-daughter 		Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Tristan Dyer
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's assistant David Yudes
Scene 2: A street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Maiden Aunt Caroline Jennings
Maiden Aunt Susan Nye
Housekeeper Barbara Rhodes
Scene 3: The Stahlbaums' living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		Bennet Gartside
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Christina Arestis
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Ethan Bailey
Clara's partner Luca Acri
Grandmother Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani
Grandfather Alastair Marriott
Dancing Mistress Sian Murphy
Captain Thomas Whitehead
Harlequin
a doll 		Kevin Emerton
Columbine
a doll 		Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Soldier
a doll 		Marcelino Sambé
Vivandière
a doll 		Romany Pajdak
St Nicholas Reece Clarke
Scene 4: The Battle
Mouse King Reece Clarke
Scene 5: The land of snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Singers London Oratory Junior Choir
Act II
Scene 1: The journey to the Kingdom of Sweets
Scene 2: The Sugar Garden of the Palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Yuhui Choe
The Prince Alexander Campbell
Divertissements
Spanish dance Kristen McNally
Spanish dance Bennet Gartside
Spanish dance Olivia Cowley
Spanish dance Kevin Emerton
Spanish dance Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Spanish dance Eric Underwood
Arabian dance Itziar Mendizabal
Arabian dance Ryoichi Hirano
Arabian dance Reece Clarke
Arabian dance Fernando Montaño
Chinese dance Leo Dixon
Chinese dance David Donnelly
Chinese dance Solomon Golding
Chinese dance David Yudes
Russian dance Luca Acri
Russian dance Marcelino Sambé
Dance of the Mirlitons Isabella Gasparini
Dance of the Mirlitons Anna Rose O'Sullivan
Dance of the Mirlitons Mayara Magri
Dance of the Mirlitons Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose fairy Claire Calvert
Her escort Matthew Ball
Her escort Téo Dubreuil
Her escort Nicol Edmonds
Her escort Tomas Mock
Leading flower Yasmine Naghdi
Leading flower Emma Maguire
Leading flower Romany Pajdak
Leading flower Akane Takada
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Yuhui Choe
Grand pas de deux Alexander Campbell
Finale Entire Cast
Scene 3: A street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Scene 4: Drosselmeyer's workshop later that night
Other characters
Aunts, Uncles, Parents, Maids, Manservants, Revellers Artists of The Royal Ballet
Children, Toy soldiers, Mice, Gingerbreads, Rabbit drummer, Pages, Sentry Students of The Royal Ballet School (Lower School)
Angels Students of The Royal Ballet School (Upper School)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 5.08-5.58pm, Act II: 6.28-7.16pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 31 December 2015 (in Royal Opera House Collections)