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Mayerling-1 May 2007 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 Yates
Assistant Concert Master Melissa Forshaw
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Johan Kobborg
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Mara Galeazzi
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Roberta Marquez
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		Christopher Saunders
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Isabel McMeekan
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Laura Morera
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary's mother 		Genesia Rosato
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Jonathan Howells
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 		Valeri Hristov
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Zachary Faruque
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Kenta Kura
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Ludovic Ondiviela
Hungarian Officer
friend of Rudolf 		Bennet Gartside
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Elizabeth Sikora
Alfred Grünfeld
a pianist 		Paul Stobart
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Alastair Marriott
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf 		Johannes Stepanek
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Natasha Oughtred
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		David Pickering
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Christina Elida Salerno
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Francesca Filpi
Princess Valerie as a child Romany Pajdak
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
Sponsor: Phil Swallow (role of Baroness Mary Vetsera) ; Caroline Swallow (role of Baroness Mary Vetsera)
Durations: Act I: 7.33-8.14pm, Act II: 8.35-9.27pm, Act III: 9.50-10.27pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 1 May 2007 (in Royal Opera House Collections)