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The Nutcracker-12 January 2017 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 Dominic Grier
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Bennet Gartside
Clara
His god-daughter 		Leticia Stock
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
His nephew 		Marcelino Sambé
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's assistant David Yudes
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 		Elizabeth McGorian
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Caspar Lench
Clara's partner Benjamin Ella
Grandmother Hannah Grennell
Grandfather Erico Montes
Dancing mistress Kristen McNally
Captain Johannes Stepanek
Harlequin
a doll 		Kevin Emerton
Columbine
a doll 		Isabella Gasparini
Soldier
a doll 		Luca Acri
Vivandière
a doll 		Meaghan Grace Hinkis
St Nicholas Lukas Bjørneboe Brᴂndsrød
Scene 4: The battle
Mouse King David Donnelly
Scene 5: The Land of Snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Singers
Director, Charles Cole 		London Oratory Junior Choir
Act II
Scene 1: The journey to the Kingdom of the Sweets
Scene 2: The Sugar Garden of the Palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Sarah Lamb
The Prince Vadim Muntagirov
Divertissements
Spanish dance Christina Arestis
Spanish dance Thomas Whitehead
Spanish dance Annette Buvoli
Spanish dance Eric Underwood
Spanish dance Demelza Parish
Spanish dance Fernando Montaño
Arabian dance Camille Bracher
Arabian dance Johannes Stepanek
Arabian dance Reece Clarke
Arabian dance Nicol Edmonds
Chinese dance Leo Dixon
Chinese dance Calvin Richardson
Russian dance Luca Acri
Russian dance Kevin Emerton
Dance of the Mirlitons Ashley Dean
Dance of the Mirlitons Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Dance of the Mirlitons Mayara Magri
Dance of the Mirlitons Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Hikaru Kobayashi
Her escort Matthew Ball
Her escort Benjamin Ella
Her escort Solomon Golding
Her escort Tomas Mock
Leading flower Olivia Cowley
Leading flower Tierney Heap
Leading flower Itziar Mendizabal
Leading flower Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Sarah Lamb
Grand pas de deux Vadim Muntagirov
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
Angels, Children, Toy Soldiers, Mice, Gingerbreads, Rabbit Drummer, Pages, Sentry Students of The Royal Ballet School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 7.36-8.26pm, Act II: 8.56-9.44pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 12 January 2017 (in Royal Opera House Collections)