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Mayerling-29 October 2009 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
Associate Concert Master Ania Safonova
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Carlos Acosta
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Tamara Rojo
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Iohna Loots
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		David Drew
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Cindy Jourdain
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Mara Galeazzi
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary Vetsera's mother 		Christina Arestis
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and a popular entertainer 		Ricardo Cervera
Archduchess Sophie
mother of Franz Josef 		Ursula Hageli
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Laura Morera
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Elisabeth's lover 		David Makhateli
Hungarian Officer Bennet Gartside
Hungarian Officer Valeri Hristov
Hungarian Officer Yohei Sasaki
Hungarian Officer Thomas Whitehead
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Louise Mott
Alfred Grünfeld
a pianist 		Philip Cornfield
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Alastair Marriott
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf 		Eric Underwood
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Emma Maguire
Prince Philipp of Coburg
her husband, friend of Rudolf 		David Pickering
Princess Gisela
Rudolf's elder sister 		Olivia Cowley
Princess Valerie
Rudolf's younger sister 		Francesca Filpi
Princess Valerie as a child Leanne Cope
Mary Vetsera as a child Tamara Rojo
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Michael Stojko
Count Larisch Johannes Stepanek
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance marks the 17th anniversary of Kenneth MacMillan's death backstage at the Royal Opera House during a revival of 'Mayerling'.
Durations: Act I: 7.31-8.12pm, Act II: 8.33-9.24pm, Act III: 9.46-10.23pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 29 October 2009 (in Royal Opera House Collections)