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
Limelight
1952
7.9/10
The Nutcracker
1993
5.8/10
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
7.1/10
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951
7.1/10
Cats
1998
7.3/10
The Man Who Cried
2000
6.1/10
Take the Lead
2006
6.9/10
Brigadoon
1954
6.5/10
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
1990
6.0/10
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
6.3/10
Cinderella
1965
6.5/10
Dance with Me
1998
6.9/10
Maria
2024
6.5/10
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
2011
8.3/10
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022
6.8/10
High Strung Free Dance
2018
7.3/10
High Strung
2016
7.0/10
Love Happy
1949
5.8/10
Sunshine on Leith
2013
6.6/10
Mary Poppins
1964
7.545/10
