The wicked fairy Carabosse is furious she wasn’t invited to Princess Aurora’s christening. She gives the baby a spindle, saying that one day the Princess will prick her finger on it and die. The Lilac Fairy makes her own christening gift a softening of Carabosse’s curse: Aurora will not die, but will fall into a deep sleep, which only a prince’s kiss will break. The masterful 19th-century choreography of Marius Petipa is combined with sections created for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon. Recorded live as part of the Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2019/20 with encore screenings broadcast online during the #OurHousetoYourHouse programme.
Unfortunately the movie The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet) is not yet available on HBO Max.
Sound | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Music |
Crew | Marius Petipa | Choreographer |
Camera | Wayne Ratcliffe | Camera Operator |
Directing | Christopher Carr | Stage Director |
Directing | Ross MacGibbon | Director |
Art | Christopher Newton | Production Design |
Art | Monica Mason | Production Design |
Crew | Frederick Ashton | Choreographer |
Lighting | Mark Jonathan | Lighting Design |
Crew | Christopher Wheeldon | Choreographer |
Crew | Anthony Dowell | Choreographer |
Writing | Ivan Vsevolozhsky | Scenario Writer |
Art | Peter Farmer | Art Designer |
Writing | Ivan Vsevolozhsky | Story |
Writing | Charles Perrault | Original Story |