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The Nutcracker-5 January 2002 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Paul Murphy
Leader Robert Gibbs
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Luke Heydon
Clara
his God-daughter 		Natasha Oughtred
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Brian Maloney
Act I scene 1 Drosselmeyer's workshop - early evening
Drosselmeyer's Assistant Tom Sapsford
Act I scene 2 Street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Maiden Aunt Diane Holland
Maiden Aunt Pauline Wadsworth
Housekeeper Romayne Grigorova
Act I scene 3 The Stahlbaums' living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		David Drew
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Genesia Rosato
Fritz
her brother 		Stephen Emerson
Clara's partner Giacomo Ciriaci
Grandmother Muriel Valtat
Grandfather William Tuckett
Dancing Mistress Nicola Tranah
Captain Christopher Saunders
Harlequin
a doll 		Ricardo Cervera
Columbine
a doll 		Mara Galeazzi
Soldier
a doll 		Justin Meissner
Vivandière
a doll 		Marianela Nuñez
St Nicholas Richard Ramsey
Devil Antoine Jully
Devil Michael Stojko
Act I scene 4 The Battle
The Mouse King Maurice Vodegel-Matzen
Act I scene 5 The Land of Snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Act II scene I The journey to the Kingdom of Sweets
Act II scene 2 The Sugar Garden of the Palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Miyako Yoshida
The Prince Johan Kobborg
Divertissements
Spanish Dance Vanessa Palmer
Spanish Dance Jonathan Howells
Spanish Dance Francesca Filpi
Spanish Dance Ricardo Cervera
Spanish Dance Tomoko Furuya
Spanish Dance Thomas Whitehead
Arabian Dance Gillian Revie
Arabian Dance Christopher Saunders
Arabian Dance Alastair Marriott
Arabian Dance Maurice Vodegel-Matzen
Chinese Dance Martin Harvey
Chinese Dance Justin Meissner
Chinese Dance Tom Sapsford
Chinese Dance Bennet Gartside
Russian Dance Giacomo Ciriaci
Russian Dance Michael Stojko
Dance of the Mirlitons Victoria Hewitt
Dance of the Mirlitons Iohna Loots
Dance of the Mirlitons Naomi Reynolds
Dance of the Mirlitons Jenny Tattersall
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Zenaida Yanowsky
Her Escort Nathan Coppen
Her Escort Kenta Kura
Her Escort Johannes Stepanek
Her Escort Edward Watson
Leading Flower Chloe Davies
Leading Flower Mara Galeazzi
Leading Flower Marianela Nuñez
Leading Flower Jaimie Tapper
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Miyako Yoshida
Grand pas de deux Johan Kobborg
Finale Entire Cast
Act II scene 3 Street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Act II scene 4 Drosselmeyer's workshop - later that night
Aunts, uncles, parents, maids, manservants, revellers Artists of The Royal Ballet
Children, toy soldiers, mice, gingerbreads, rabbit drummer, pages, sentry Students of The Royal Ballet School (Lower School)
Angels Students of The Royal Ballet School (Upper School)
London Oratory Junior Choir
The Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Sponsor: Waitrose (performance)
Durations: Act I: 51 minutes, Interval: 30 minutes, Act II: 50 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 5 January 2002 (in Royal Opera House Collections)