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.
Battle of the Year
2013
6.8/10
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951
7.1/10
Black Swan
2010
7.7/10
Limelight
1952
7.9/10
The Red Shoes
1948
8.0/10
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
6.3/10
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
7.0/10
The Man Who Cried
2000
6.1/10
Cats
1998
7.3/10
Brigadoon
1954
6.5/10
Take the Lead
2006
6.9/10
The American
2023
6.8/10
High Strung Free Dance
2018
7.3/10
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
7.1/10
Cinderella
1965
6.5/10
Maria
2024
6.4/10
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical
2025
7.8/10
Love Happy
1949
5.9/10
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
7.3/10
Sunshine on Leith
2013
6.6/10
Save the Last Dance
2001
6.536/10
