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Mayerling-17 March 2004 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 Graham Bond
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Jonathan Cope
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Tamara Rojo
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Gemma Bond
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		David Drew
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Zenaida Yanowsky
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Jaimie Tapper
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary Vetsera's mother 		Christina Arestis
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Ricardo Cervera
Archduchess Sophie
mother of Franz Josef 		Sandra Conley
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Deirdre Chapman
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		Christopher Saunders
Hungarian Officer
Friend of Rudolf 		José Martín
Hungarian Officer
Friend of Rudolf 		Yohei Sasaki
Hungarian Officer
Friend of Rudolf 		Edward Watson
Hungarian Officer
Friend of Rudolf 		Bennet Gartside
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Elizabeth Sikora
Alfred Grünfeld
a pianist 		Philip Gammon
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Alastair Marriott
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf 		Johannes Stepanek
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Laura Morera
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		David Pickering
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Samantha Raine
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Chloe Davies
Princess Valerie as a child Emma Maguire
Mary Vetsera as a child Tamara Rojo
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Giacomo Ciriaci
Count Larisch Valeri Hristov
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 7.31-8.10pm, Act II: 8.30-9.22pm, Act III: 9.44-10.20pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 17 March 2004 (in Royal Opera House Collections)