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The Nutcracker-20 December 2008 Evening 7.00pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Koen Kessels
Concert Master Robert Gibbs
Choir Director Charles Cole
Cast
Herr Drosselmeyer Christopher Saunders
Clara
his god-daughter 		Emma Maguire
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Brian Maloney
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's Assistant Liam Scarlett
Scene 2: A street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Maiden Aunt Caroline Jennings
Maiden Aunt Susan Nye
Housekeeper Barbara Rhodes
Scene 3: The Stahlbaum’s living room
Dr Stahlbaum
Clara's father 		Gary Avis
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Genesia Rosato
Fritz
Clara's brother 		John Rhys Halliwell
Clara's Partner James Wilkie
Grandmother Olivia Cowley
Grandfather Alastair Marriott
Dancing Mistress Elizabeth McGorian
Captain Johannes Stepanek
Harlequin
a doll 		Jonathan Howells
Columbine
a doll 		Iohna Loots
Soldier
a doll 		Kenta Kura
Vivandière
a doll 		Romany Pajdak
St Nicholas Kevin Emerton
Scene 4: The Battle
Mouse King Ryoichi Hirano
Scene 5: The Land of Snow
Snowflakes Artists of The Royal Ballet
Singers London Oratory Junior Choir
Act II
Scene 1: The journey to the Kingdom of Sweets
Scene 2: The Sugar Garden of the Palace
The Sugar Plum Fairy Lauren Cuthbertson
The Prince Ivan Putrov
Divertissements
Spanish Dance Francesca Filpi
Spanish Dance Jonathan Howells
Spanish Dance Hikaru Kobayashi
Spanish Dance Eric Underwood
Spanish Dance Kristen McNally
Spanish Dance Erico Montes
Arabian Dance Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani
Arabian Dance Rupert Pennefather
Arabian Dance Ryoichi Hirano
Arabian Dance Xander Parish
Chinese Dance Kevin Emerton
Chinese Dance James Hay
Chinese Dance Fernando Montaño
Chinese Dance Richard Ramsey
Russian Dance Liam Scarlett
Russian Dance James Wilkie
Dance of the Mirlitons Sabina Westcombe
Dance of the Mirlitons Elsa Godard
Dance of the Mirlitons Iohna Loots
Dance of the Mirlitons Romany Pajdak
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Helen Crawford
Her Escort Bennet Gartside
Her Escort Ernst Meisner
Her Escort Johannes Stepanek
Her Escort Thomas Whitehead
Leading Flower Laura McCulloch
Leading Flower Sian Murphy
Leading Flower Samantha Raine
Leading Flower Lara Turk
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Lauren Cuthbertson
Grand pas de deux Ivan Putrov
Finale Entire Cast
Scene 3: A street outside the Stahlbaums' house
Scene 4: Drosselmeyer's workshop later that night
Other characters
Aunts, Uncles, Parents, Maids, Manservants, Revellers, Devils Artists of The Royal Ballet
Children, Toy Soldiers, Mice, Gingerbreads, Rabbit Drummer, Pages, Sentry, Angels Students of The Royal Ballet School (Lower School)
Children, Toy Soldiers, Mice, Gingerbreads, Rabbit Drummer, Pages, Sentry, Angels Students of The Royal Ballet School (Upper School)
The Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Durations: Act I: 7.07-7.56pm, Act II: 8.26-9.15pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 20 December 2008 (in Royal Opera House Collections)