MAYERLING – The Royal Ballet.

Running time:3 hours and 25 minutes (including two intervals)

Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan Music: Franz Liszt Arrangement and orchestration: John Lanchbery Designer: Nicholas Georgiadis Scenario: Gillian Freeman Lighting designer: John B. Read Conducted by: Koen Kessels

Crown Prince Rudolf: Ryoichi Hirano    Baroness Mary Vetsera: Natalia Osipova   Countess Marie Larisch: Laura Morera   Empress Elisabeth: Christina Arestis   Princess Stephanie: Francesca Hayward   Mitzi Caspar: Marianela Nuñez   Bratfisch: Luca Acri   Emperor Franz Joseph: Christopher Saunders   Colonel ‘Bay’ Middleton: Gary Avis

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Inspired by dark and gripping real life events, this Royal Ballet classic depicts the sexual and morbid obsessions of Crown Prince Rudolf leading to the murder-suicide scandal with his mistress Mary Vetsera. The oppressive glamour of the Austro-Hungarian court in the 1880s sets the scene for a suspenseful drama of psychological and political intrigue as Rudolf fixates on his mortality. Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 ballet remains a masterpiece of storytelling and this revival marks 30 years since the choreographer’s death. Expect to see The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest across potent ensemble scenes and some of the most daring and emotionally demanding pas de deux in the ballet repertory.

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