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The Nutcracker-23 December 2008 Matinee 2.00pm

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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 Alastair Marriott
Clara
his god-daughter 		Elizabeth Harrod
Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
his nephew 		Brian Maloney
Act I
Scene 1: Drosselmeyer's workshop, early evening
Drosselmeyer's Assistant James Wilkie
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 		David Pickering
Mrs Stahlbaum
Clara's mother 		Gillian Revie
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Thomas Cooper
Clara's Partner James Hay
Grandmother Olivia Cowley
Grandfather Philip Mosley
Dancing Mistress Vanessa Palmer
Captain Gary Avis
Harlequin
a doll 		Johannes Stepanek
Columbine
a doll 		Sian Murphy
Soldier
a doll 		Jonathan Watkins
Vivandière
a doll 		Hikaru Kobayashi
St Nicholas Dawid Trzensimiech
Scene 4: The Battle
Mouse King Ernst Meisner
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 Laura Morera
The Prince Yohei Sasaki
Divertissements
Spanish Dance Sian Murphy
Spanish Dance David Pickering
Spanish Dance Hikaru Kobayashi
Spanish Dance Fernando Montaño
Spanish Dance Laura McCulloch
Spanish Dance Ryoichi Hirano
Arabian Dance Cindy Jourdain
Arabian Dance Gary Avis
Arabian Dance Xander Parish
Arabian Dance Eric Underwood
Chinese Dance Erico Montes
Chinese Dance Richard Ramsey
Chinese Dance Dawid Trzensimiech
Chinese Dance James Wilkie
Russian Dance Kevin Emerton
Russian Dance James Hay
Dance of the Mirlitons Caroline Duprot
Dance of the Mirlitons Bethany Keating
Dance of the Mirlitons Pietra Mello-Pittman
Dance of the Mirlitons Samantha Raine
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Helen Crawford
Her Escort Ernst Meisner
Her Escort Johannes Stepanek
Her Escort Andrej Uspenski
Her Escort Thomas Whitehead
Leading Flower Olivia Cowley
Leading Flower Hikaru Kobayashi
Leading Flower Francesca Filpi
Leading Flower Emma Maguire
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Laura Morera
Grand pas de deux Yohei Sasaki
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 (Upper School)
Children, Toy Soldiers, Mice, Gingerbreads, Rabbit Drummer, Pages, Sentry, Angels Students of The Royal Ballet School (Lower School)
The Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Durations: Act I: 2.06-2.56pm, Act II: 3.27-4.17pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 23 December 2008 (in Royal Opera House Collections)