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The Sleeping Beauty is one of the greatest of all ballets, set to a richly varied and famously tuneful score by Tchaikovsky. Created in 1946, this famous staging is a great showcase for The Royal Ballet's talents and a living milestone in its history, featuring a style and visual splendour unique to the Company.
In this classic ballet, the familiar romance of the famous fairytale is enhanced by a deeper poetic symbolism as the lyrical exposition of beauty animated by love defeats the darker elements of ugliness and fate.
Princess Aurora is cursed at her christening by the evil Carabosse, and is fated to die after pricking her finger on a spindle. Through the intervention of the Lilac Fairy, the curse of death becomes a long sleep, one from which Aurora is awakened by the heroic Prince Desiré. As their wedding joyfully brings together figures from throughout the fairytale world, can there be any doubt that both Prince and Princess will live happily ever after?
Running Time
2 hours 50 minutes
Address
Royal Opera House
Bow Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 9DD
Travel
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
Nearest Rail: Charing Cross
Bus Routes: 11, 88, 168, 176
Parking: NCP at Drury Lane and Shelton Street. There are 4 spaces for orange badge holders on Bow Street and 3 on Floral Street.
Access
The venue is fully accessible to wheelchair users. There are spaces for wheelchair users and transfer seating is available.
An infra-red system with 20 headsets is available for the hearing impaired. Collect headsets from the cloakroom in the main foyer.
Guide dogs are allowed into the auditorium and staff are available to dog sit if required.
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