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Mayerling-19 October 1978 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 Ashley Lawrence
Leader Meyer Stolow
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary David Wall
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Lynn Seymour
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Wendy Ellis
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		Michael Somes
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Georgina Parkinson
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 		Bernadette Greevy
Alfred Grünfeld
a Pianist 		Anthony Twiner
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary's mother 		Gerd Larsen
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Leslie Edwards
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 		Sally Inkin
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 		Anthony Conway
Count Larisch Robert Jude
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Michael Coleman
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Derek Deane
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Stephen Beagley
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Mark Silver
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting etc. Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: The National Anthem was played at the beginning of the performance.
Durations: National Anthem: 7.30-7.32pm, Act I: 7.32-8.14pm, Act II: 8.36-9.29pm, Act III: 9.52-10.29pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 19 October 1978 (in Royal Opera House Collections)