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The Nutcracker-30 December 2009 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 Peter Manning
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 Paul Kay
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 		Genesia Rosato
Fritz
Clara's brother 		Kilian Smith
Clara's Partner James Wilkie
Grandmother Kristen McNally
Grandfather Philip Mosley
Dancing Mistress Elizabeth McGorian
Captain Johannes Stepanek
Harlequin
a doll 		Michael Stojko
Columbine
a doll 		Elizabeth Harrod
Soldier
a doll 		Kenta Kura
Vivandière
a doll 		Helen Crawford
St Nicholas Dawid Trzensimiech
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 Laura Morera
The Prince Valeri Hristov
Divertissements
Spanish Dance Francesca Filpi
Spanish Dance Jonathan Howells
Spanish Dance Hikaru Kobayashi
Spanish Dance Johannes Stepanek
Spanish Dance Kristen McNally
Spanish Dance Erico Montes
Arabian Dance Olivia Cowley
Arabian Dance Rupert Pennefather
Arabian Dance Xander Parish
Arabian Dance Eric Underwood
Chinese Dance Paul Kay
Chinese Dance Fernando Montaño
Chinese Dance Ludovic Ondiviela
Chinese Dance Michael Stojko
Russian Dance Liam Scarlett
Russian Dance James Wilkie
Dance of the Mirlitons Celisa Diuana
Dance of the Mirlitons Leanne Cope
Dance of the Mirlitons Iohna Loots
Dance of the Mirlitons Romany Pajdak
Waltz of the Flowers
Rose Fairy Helen Crawford
Her Escort Ricardo Cervera
Her Escort Bennet Gartside
Her Escort Kenta Kura
Her Escort Sergei Polunin
Leading Flower Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani
Leading Flower Laura McCulloch
Leading Flower Sian Murphy
Leading Flower Lara Turk
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Grand pas de deux Laura Morera
Grand pas de deux Valeri Hristov
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 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)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Durations: Act I: 2.05-2.54pm, Act II: 3.24-4.12pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 30 December 2009 (in Royal Opera House Collections)