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The Nutcracker-4 January 2017 Matinee 2.30pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Dominic Grier
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Bennet Gartside
Clara
His god-daughter 		Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
His nephew 		Valentino Zucchetti
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 Clare Lumley
Scene 3: The Stahlbaums' living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		Gary Avis
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Elizabeth McGorian
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Caspar Lench
Clara's partner Marcelino Sambé
Grandmother Kristen McNally
Grandfather Erico Montes
Dancing mistress Christina Arestis
Captain Thomas Whitehead
Harlequin
a doll 		Kevin Emerton
Columbine
a doll 		Camille Bracher
Soldier
a doll 		Luca Acri
Vivandière
a doll 		Anna Rose O'Sullivan
St Nicholas Giacomo Rovero
Scene 4: The battle
Mouse King Tomas Mock
Scene 5: The Land of Snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Singers
Director, Charles Cole 		London Oratory Junior Choir
Act II
Scene 1: The journey to the Kingdom of the Sweets
Scene 2: The Sugar Garden of the Palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Hikaru Kobayashi
The Prince Ryoichi Hirano
Divertissements
Spanish dance Kristen McNally
Spanish dance Thomas Whitehead
Spanish dance Annette Buvoli
Spanish dance Eric Underwood
Spanish dance Hannah Grennell
Spanish dance Kevin Emerton
Arabian dance Tierney Heap
Arabian dance Tomas Mock
Arabian dance Lukas Bjørneboe Brᴂndsrød
Arabian dance Nicol Edmonds
Chinese dance Matthew Ball
Chinese dance Calvin Richardson
Russian dance Benjamin Ella
Russian dance Marcelino Sambé
Dance of the Mirlitons Camille Bracher
Dance of the Mirlitons Ashley Dean
Dance of the Mirlitons Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Dance of the Mirlitons Mariko Sasaki
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Itziar Mendizabal
Her escort Luca Acri
Her escort David Donnelly
Her escort Solomon Golding
Her escort Fernando Montaño
Leading flower Olivia Cowley
Leading flower Yasmine Naghdi
Leading flower Mayara Magri
Leading flower Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Hikaru Kobayashi
Grand pas de deux Ryoichi Hirano
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
Angels, Children, Toy Soldiers, Mice, Gingerbreads, Rabbit Drummer, Pages, Sentry Students of The Royal Ballet School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: This performance was dedicated to Sir Peter Wright in celebration of his 90th birthday.
Durations: Act I: 2.34-3.23pm, Act II: 3.53-4.42pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 4 January 2017 (in Royal Opera House Collections)