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The Nutcracker-5 January 2019 Evening 7.00pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Barry Wordsworth
Concert Master Robert Gibbs
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Bennet Gartside
Clara
His god-daughter 		Isabella Gasparini
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
His nephew 		Benjamin Ella
The Sugar Plum Fairy Sarah Lamb
The Prince Ryoichi Hirano
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's Assistant Paul Kay
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 		Gary Avis
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Elizabeth McGorian
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Ptolemy Gidney
Clara's partner Leo Dixon
Grandmother Hannah Grennell
Grandfather Philip Mosley
Dancing mistress Kristen McNally
Captain Nicol Edmonds
Harlequin
a doll 		Tristan Dyer
Columbine
a doll 		Ashley Dean
Soldier
a doll 		David Yudes
Vivandière
a doll 		Anna Rose O'Sullivan
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
Singers
Director, Charles Cole 		London Oratory School Schola
Act II
Scene 1: The journey to the Kingdom of Sweets
Scene 2: The Sugar Garden of the Palace
Spanish dance Lara Turk
Spanish dance Tomas Mock
Spanish dance Julia Roscoe
Spanish dance Erico Montes
Spanish dance Grace Blundell
Spanish dance Téo Dubreuil
Arabian dance Romany Pajdak
Arabian dance Nicol Edmonds
Arabian dance Joseph Aumeer
Arabian dance Leo Dixon
Chinese dance Calvin Richardson
Chinese dance Francisco Serrano
Russian dance Luca Acri
Russian dance Tristan Dyer
Dance of the Mirlitons Leticia Dias
Dance of the Mirlitons Elizabeth Harrod
Dance of the Mirlitons Anna Rose O'Sullivan
Dance of the Mirlitons Sophie Allnatt
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Mayara Magri
Her Escort Lukas Bjørneboe Brᴂndsrød
Her Escort David Donnelly
Her Escort Reece Clarke
Her Escort Valentino Zucchetti
Leading Flower Claire Calvert
Leading Flower Melissa Hamilton
Leading Flower Fumi Kaneko
Leading Flower Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Flowers Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux
Sugar Plum Fairy Sarah Lamb
The Prince 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 Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Sponsor: Rena Lavery (roles of Principal Guest Coaches Darcey Bussell and Irek Mukhamedov) ; Sandro Lavery (roles of Principal Guest Coaches Darcey Bussell and Irek Mukhamedov)
Durations: Act I: 7.35-8.25pm, Act II: 8.55-9.43pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 5 January 2019 (in Royal Opera House Collections)