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.
Tales of Beatrix Potter
Fantasy, Family, Music
5.6
The Nutcracker
Music, Fantasy, Family, Adventure
5.0
Like Water for Chocolate
Music, Drama, Romance
5.2
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Music
0.0
Matthew Bourne's Romeo + Juliet
Romance, Music
6.1
Coppelia
Animation, Family, Music, Fantasy, Science Fiction
6.7
Swan Lake
Music
3.0
Les Indes Galantes
Music
0.0
Don Quixote (Kirov Ballet)
Music
7.0
The Nutcracker
Music, Fantasy
7.7
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
Music
8.0
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
Music
0.0
La Scala Ballet: Giselle
Music
0.0
Sleeping Beauty
Fantasy, Music
0.0
Swan Lake
Music
8.5
The Tales of Hoffmann
Music, Fantasy, Romance
7.1
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
Drama, Music
6.8
Manon (The Royal Ballet)
Music
0.0
Stravinsky: The Firebird and Les Noces
Fantasy, Music
7.0
Oscar
Music, History, Drama
10.0