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.
Limelight
1952
7.9/10
Battle of the Year
2013
6.8/10
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
7.0/10
The Boy Friend
1971
6.5/10
Take the Lead
2006
6.9/10
Love Happy
1949
5.8/10
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
6.3/10
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951
7.1/10
The Man Who Cried
2000
6.1/10
Cinderella
1965
6.5/10
Dance with Me
1998
6.9/10
Maria
2024
6.5/10
Brigadoon
1954
6.5/10
High Strung
2016
7.0/10
Feel the Beat
2020
7.5/10
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022
6.8/10
Fantasia 2000
2000
7.0/10
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
2016
7.2/10
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
2011
8.3/10
High Strung Free Dance
2018
7.3/10
The Bolshoi Ballet: A Contemporary Evening
2017
0/10
