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The Nutcracker-17 December 2015 Matinee 2.30pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Boris Gruzin
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Thomas Whitehead
Clara
his god-daughter 		Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Tristan Dyer
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's assistant Luca Acri
Scene 2: A street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Maiden Aunt Caroline Jennings
Maiden Aunt Susan Nye
Housekeeper Claire Lumley
Scene 3: The Stahlbaums' living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		Gary Avis
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Genesia Rosato
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Jarad Jackson
Clara's partner Benjamin Ella
Grandmother Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani
Grandfather Philip Mosley
Dancing Mistress Elizabeth McGorian
Captain Bennet Gartside
Harlequin
a doll 		Kevin Emerton
Columbine
a doll 		Leticia Stock
Soldier
a doll 		Valentino Zucchetti
Vivandière
a doll 		Yasmine Naghdi
St Nicholas Reece Clarke
Scene 4: The Battle
Mouse King Tomas Mock
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 Sarah Lamb
The Prince Valeri Hristov
Divertissements
Spanish dance Kristen McNally
Spanish dance Bennet Gartside
Spanish dance Hannah Grennell
Spanish dance Fernando Montaño
Spanish dance Annette Buvoli
Spanish dance Erico Montes
Arabian dance Itziar Mendizabal
Arabian dance Johannes Stepanek
Arabian dance Reece Clarke
Arabian dance Téo Dubreuil
Chinese dance Leo Dixon
Chinese dance David Donnelly
Chinese dance Calvin Richardson
Chinese dance David Yudes
Russian dance Benjamin Ella
Russian dance Kevin Emerton
Dance of the Mirlitons Isabella Gasparini
Dance of the Mirlitons Anna Rose O'Sullivan
Dance of the Mirlitons Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Dance of the Mirlitons Leticia Stock
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose fairy Hikaru Kobayashi
Her escort Matthew Ball
Her escort Nicol Edmonds
Her escort James Hay
Her escort Tomas Mock
Leading flower Claire Calvert
Leading flower Olivia Cowley
Leading flower Fumi Kaneko
Leading flower Emma Maguire
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Sarah Lamb
Grand pas de deux Valeri Hristov
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
Durations: Act I: 2.36-3.26pm, Act II: 3.56-4.46pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 17 December 2015 (in Royal Opera House Collections)