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Mayerling-21 February 1978 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor John Lanchbery
Leader Meyer Stolow
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Stephen Jefferies
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Alfreda Thorogood
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Denise Nunn
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		Michael Somes
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Monica Mason
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Sandra Conley
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 		Jennifer Penney
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 		Deirdre Eyden
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 		Susan Crow
Princess Valerie as a child Julie Rose
Mary Vetsera as a child Elizabeth Griffiths
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Anthony Conway
Count Larisch Robert Jude
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Michael Batchelor
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Stephen Beagley
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Michael Coleman
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Derek Deane
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting etc. Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 21 February 1978 (in Royal Opera House Collections)