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Mayerling-3 May 2013 Matinee 12.30pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Martin Yates
Co-Concert Master Sergei Levitin
Cast
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary Rupert Pennefather
Baroness Mary Vetsera
his mistress 		Melissa Hamilton
Princess Stephanie
his wife 		Elizabeth Harrod
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
his father 		William Tuckett
Empress Elisabeth
his mother 		Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani
Countess Marie Larisch
lady-in-waiting to the Empress, ex-mistress of Rudolf 		Itziar Mendizabal
Baroness Helene Vetsera
Mary Vetsera's mother 		Elizabeth McGorian
Bratfisch
Rudolf's private cab-driver and entertainer 		Alexander Campbell
Archduchess Sophie
mother of Franz Josef 		Ursula Hageli
Mitzi Caspar
a high-class prostitute, Rudolf's regular mistress 		Laura McCulloch
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Empress Elisabeth's lover 		Gary Avis
Hungarian Officer Ryoichi Hirano
Hungarian Officer Johannes Stepanek
Hungarian Officer Eric Underwood
Hungarian Officer Fernando Montaño
Katherina Schratt
Franz Josef's friend 		Fiona Kimm
Alfred Grünfeld
a pianist 		Philip Cornfield
Count Eduard Taafe
Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary 		Alastair Marriott
Count Hoyos
friend of Rudolf 		Donald Thom
Princess Louise
Stephanie's sister 		Romany Pajdak
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 		Pietra Mello-Pittman
Princess Valerie as a child Gemma Pitchley-Gale
Mary Vetsera as a child Melissa Hamilton
Loschek
Rudolf's valet 		Tristan Dyer
Count Larisch Jonathan Howells
Guests, chambermaids, whores, gentlemen, servants, ladies-in-waiting Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 12.32-1.13pm, Act II: 1.36-2.28pm, Act III: 2.48-3.25pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 3 May 2013 (in Royal Opera House Collections)