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• Wed 24 May to Sun 28 May
• 205 minutes
• Director: Marius Petipa
• 2022

Synopsis

Live broadcast: May 24 2023 at 7.15pm (BST)

Encore broadcast: May 28 2023 at 2pm (BST)

The Sleeping Beauty holds a very special place in The Royal Ballet’s heart and history. It was the first performance given by the Company when the Royal Opera House reopened at Covent Garden in 1946 after World War II. In 2006, this original staging was revived and has been delighting audiences ever since. Frederick Ashton famously cited the pure classicism of Marius Petipa’s 19th-century ballet as a private lesson in the atmospheric art and craft of choreography. Be swept away by Tchaikovsky’s ravishing music and Oliver Messel’s sumptuous designs with this true gem from the classical ballet repertory.