The Sleeping Beauty

Royal Opera House, London

About the Show

The wicked fairy Carabosse is furious she wasn’t invited to Princess Aurora’s christening. She gives the baby a spindle, saying that one day the Princess will prick her finger on it and die. The Lilac Fairy makes her own christening gift a softening of Carabosse’s curse: Aurora will not die, but will fall into a deep sleep, which only a prince’s kiss will break. On her 16th birthday, Aurora discovers the spindle and pricks her finger. She falls into an enchanted sleep, and the whole palace sleeps with her. One hundred years later, Prince Florimund discovers the palace, hidden deep within a great, dark forest. He wakes Aurora with a kiss.

Creatives

Royal Ballet Producer

Marius Petipa Choreographer

Frederick Ashton (additional choreography) Choreographer

Anthony Dowell (additional choreography) Choreographer

Christopher Wheeldon (additional choreography) Choreographer

Monica Mason (this production) Choreographer

Christopher Newton (this production after Ninette de Valois and Nicholas Sergeyev) Choreographer

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Music

Oliver Messel Design

Peter Farmer (additional designs) Design

Mark Jonathan Lighting

Show Details

Dates:

Opening Night: 07 November 2019

Closing Night: 16 January 2020

Location:

Royal Opera House , West End

Covent Garden,

West End,

WC2E 9DD

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