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The Nutcracker-15 January 2014 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 Martin West
Concert Master Peter Manning
Choir Director Charles Cole
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Bennet Gartside
Clara
his god-daughter 		Sabina Westcombe
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Paul Kay
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's assistant Michael Stojko
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 		Christina Arestis
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Taylor Yates
Clara's partner Valentino Zucchetti
Grandmother Deirdre Chapman
Grandfather Philip Mosley
Dancing Mistress Elizabeth McGorian
Captain Thomas Whitehead
Harlequin
a doll 		Benjamin Ella
Columbine
a doll 		Elsa Godard
Soldier
a doll 		Marcelino Sambé
Vivandière
a doll 		Akane Takada
St Nicholas Reece Clarke
Scene 4: The Battle
Mouse King Nicol Edmonds
Scene 5: The land of snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Singers London Oratory Junior Choir
Act II
Scene 1: The journey to the Kingdom of sweets
Scene 2: The sugar garden of the palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Melissa Hamilton
The Prince Dawid Trzensimiech
Divertissements
Spanish dance Kristen McNally
Spanish dance Johannes Stepanek
Spanish dance Nathalie Harrison
Spanish dance Erico Montes
Spanish dance Pietra Mello-Pittman
Spanish dance Fernando Montaño
Arabian dance Hayley Forskitt
Arabian dance Eric Underwood
Arabian dance Kenta Kura
Arabian dance Thomas Whitehead
Chinese dance Sander Blommaert
Chinese dance David Donnelly
Chinese dance Solomon Golding
Chinese dance Marcelino Sambé
Russian dance Luca Acri
Russian dance Michael Stojko
Dance of the Mirlitons Akane Takada
Dance of the Mirlitons Yasmine Naghdi
Dance of the Mirlitons Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Dance of the Mirlitons Leticia Stock
Waltz of the flowers
Rose fairy Hikaru Kobayashi
Her escort Nicol Edmonds
Her escort Ryoichi Hirano
Her escort Donald Thom
Her escort Valentino Zucchetti
Leading flower Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Leading flower Olivia Cowley
Leading flower Sian Murphy
Leading flower Romany Pajdak
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Melissa Hamilton
Grand pas de deux Dawid Trzensimiech
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
Children, Toy soldiers, Mice, Gingerbreads, Rabbit drummer, Pages, Sentry Students of The Royal Ballet School (Lower School)
Angels Students of The Royal Ballet School (Upper School)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sponsor: David Campain (role of Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker)
Durations: Act I: 7.36-8.27pm, Act II: 8.57-9.46pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 15 January 2014 (in Royal Opera House Collections)