The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful Princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund. Sixty years later, in 2006, the original 1946 staging was revived by then Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason and Christopher Newton, returning Oliver Messel’s wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
15 people
Marianela Núñez
Princess Aurora
Also in
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
The Sleeping Beauty
Vadim Muntagirov
Prince Florimund
Also in
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Christopher Saunders
King Florestan XXIV
Known for
666 Park Avenue
Elizabeth McGorian
The Queen
Also in
Frankenstein
Young Men
Alastair Marriott
Cattalabutte
Also in
The Sleeping Beauty
The Nutcracker
Kristen McNally
Carabosse
Also in
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
Royal Opera House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Claire Calvert
Lilac Fairy
Also in
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
Ryoichi Hirano
Her Cavalier
Also in
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Yuhui Choe
Fairy of the Crystal Fountain
Also in
Ashton Celebration
Swan Lake
Luca Acri
Her Cavalier
Also in
The Nutcracker
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
Akane Takada
Fairy of the Enchanted Garden
Also in
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
Valeri Hristov
Her cavalier
Also in
The Sleeping Beauty
Ashton Celebration
Ross MacGibbon Director · Vladimir Pétrovitch Begitchev Writer Johann Karl August Musäus Author
First release February 28, 2017 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Royal Opera House
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 28, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
More from Ross MacGibbon
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked The Sleeping Beauty
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
