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Mayerling-7 November 2002 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Barry Wordsworth
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Robert Tewsley
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Mara Galeazzi
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Laura Morera
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		David Drew
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Nicola Tranah
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Genesia Rosato
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary Vetsera's mother 		Elizabeth McGorian
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Ricardo Cervera
Archduchess Sophie
mother of Franz Josef 		Gail Taphouse
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Deirdre Chapman
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		Christopher Saunders
Hungarian Officer
Friend of Rudolf 		José Martín
Hungarian Officer
Friend of Rudolf 		Yohei Sasaki
Hungarian Officer
Friend of Rudolf 		Martin Harvey
Hungarian Officer
Friend of Rudolf 		Thomas Whitehead
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Elizabeth Sikora
Alfred Grünfeld
a pianist 		Philip Gammon
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Alastair Marriott
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf 		Johannes Stepanek
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Marianela Nuñez
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		David Pickering
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Sian Murphy
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Isabel McMeekan
Princess Valerie as a child Emma Maguire
Mary Vetsera as a child Mara Galeazzi
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Michael Stojko
Count Larisch Joshua Tuifua
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 42 minutes, First interval: 20 minutes, Act II: 52 minutes, Second interval: 20 minutes, Act III: 37 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 7 November 2002 (in Royal Opera House Collections)