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The Nutcracker-27 December 2005 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 Alexander Walker
Leader Robert Gibbs
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Gary Avis
Clara
his God-daughter 		Iohna Loots
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Ricardo Cervera
ACT I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop - early evening
Drosselmeyer's Assistant Jonathan Howells
Scene 2: Street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Maiden Aunt Diane Holland
Maiden Aunt Pauline Wadsworth
Housekeeper Romayne Grigorova
Scene 3: The Stahlbaums' living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		Christopher Saunders
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Genesia Rosato
Fritz
her brother 		Teo Dubreuil
Clara's partner Giacomo Ciriaci
Grandmother Vanessa Fenton
Grandfather Alastair Marriott
Dancing Mistress Elizabeth McGorian
Captain David Pickering
Harlequin
a doll 		Joshua Tuifua
Columbine
a doll 		Victoria Hewitt
Soldier
a doll 		Martin Harvey
Vivandière
a doll 		Lauren Cuthbertson
St Nicholas Vito Mazzeo
Devil Ludovic Ondiviela
Devil James Wilkie
Scene 4: The Battle
The Mouse King Ryoichi Hirano
Scene 5: The Land of Snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
ACT II
Scene 1: The journey to the Kingdom of Sweets
Scene 2: The Sugar Garden of the Palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Marianela Nuñez
The Prince Thiago Soares
Divertissements
Spanish Dance Gillian Revie
Spanish Dance José Martín
Spanish Dance Emily Low
Spanish Dance Johannes Stepanek
Spanish Dance Gemma Sykes
Spanish Dance Brian Maloney
Arabian Dance Vanessa Palmer
Arabian Dance Bennet Gartside
Arabian Dance Valeri Hristov
Arabian Dance Joshua Tuifua
Chinese Dance Zachary Faruque
Chinese Dance Richard Ramsey
Chinese Dance Andrej Uspenski
Chinese Dance James Wilkie
Russian Dance Steven McRae
Russian Dance Michael Stojko
Dance of the Mirlitons Caroline Duprot
Dance of the Mirlitons Victoria Hewitt
Dance of the Mirlitons Bethany Keating
Dance of the Mirlitons Natasha Oughtred
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Isabel McMeekan
Her Escort Martin Harvey
Her Escort Rupert Pennefather
Her Escort Ernst Meisner
Her Escort Yohei Sasaki
Leading Flower Deirdre Chapman
Leading Flower Lauren Cuthbertson
Leading Flower Sarah Lamb
Leading Flower Laura Morera
Flowers, Cavaliers Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Marianela Nuñez
Grand pas de deux Thiago Soares
Finale Entire Cast
Scene 3: Street outside the Stahlbaums' house
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
Durations: Act I: 7.32-8.21pm, Act II: 8.51-9.40pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 27 December 2005 (in Royal Opera House Collections)