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The Sleeping Beauty-12 November 1977 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Anthony Twiner
Leader John Brown
Cast
King Florestan XXIV Anthony Conway
His Queen Sandra Conley
Princess Aurora Lynn Seymour
Prince Florimund Rudolf Nureyev
Cattalabutte
Master of Ceremonies 		Leslie Edwards
The Fairy Carabosse Monica Mason
The Lilac Fairy Pippa Wylde
PROLOGUE
The Fairy of the Crystal Fountain Marguerite Porter
Her Cavalier Derek Deane
The Fairy of the Enchanted Garden Wendy Ellis
Her Cavalier Ashley Page
The Fairy of the Woodland Glades Alfreda Thorogood
Her Cavalier Andrew Moore
The Fairy of the Song Birds Ann Jenner
Her Cavalier Michael Batchelor
The Fairy of the Golden Vine Rosalyn Whitten
Her Cavalier Ross MacGibbon
The Cavalier of The Lilac Fairy Michael Corder
Gargoyles, Fairy Attendants, Courtiers, Heralds Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT I
The English Prince David Drew
The Spanish Prince Derek Rencher
The Indian Prince Julian Hosking
The French Prince Derek Deane
Princess Aurora's Friend Belinda Corken
Princess Aurora's Friend Bess Dales
Princess Aurora's Friend Gillian Kingsley
Princess Aurora's Friend Julie Lincoln
Princess Aurora's Friend Susan Lockwood
Princess Aurora's Friend Denise Nunn
Princess Aurora's Friend Hilary Tickner
Princess Aurora's Friend Anita Young
Knitting Ladies, Village Maidens, Youths, Courtiers Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT II
The Countess Rosalind Eyre
Gallison
the Prince's aide 		Garry Grant
The Prince's Entourage Artists of The Royal Ballet
Nymphs, Peasants, Hunt Attendants Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT III
Florestan Derek Deane
His Sister Wendy Ellis
His Sister Rosalyn Whitten
Puss in Boots Anita Young
The White Cat Christopher Carr
The Blue Bird Jennifer Penney
The Blue Bird Wayne Eagling
Hop O' My Thumb and His Magic Boots Wayne Sleep
Grand pas de deux Lynn Seymour
Grand pas de deux Rudolf Nureyev
Ivan
one of The Three Ivans 		Garry Grant
Ivan
one of The Three Ivans 		Anthony Molyneux
Ivan
one of The Three Ivans 		Stephen Sheriff
Mazurka and Finale Artists of The Royal Ballet
Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Beauty and the Beast, Russian Girls, Courtiers Artists of The Royal Ballet
Solo violin John Brown
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 12 November 1977 (in Royal Opera House Collections)