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. The masterful 19th-century choreography of Marius Petipa is combined with sections created for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon. Recorded live as part of the Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2019/20 with encore screenings broadcast online during the #OurHousetoYourHouse programme.
Fumi Kaneko
Federico Bonelli
Gina Storm-Jensen
Kristen McNally
Christopher Saunders
Elizabeth McGorian
Thomas Whitehead
Romany Pajdak
Luca Acri
Mayara Magri
Valentino Zucchetti
Claire Calvert
Calvin Richardson
Anna Rose O'Sullivan
James Hay
Yuhui Choe
Cesar Corrales
Nicol Edmonds
Gary Avis
David Donnelly
Tomas Mock
Annette Buvoli
Isabella Gasparini
Hannah Grennell
Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Leticia Stock
Christina Arestis
Erico Montes
Yasmine Naghdi
Matthew Ball
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House