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Learn about the characters, plot, music, interesting facts, and upcoming performances of The Sleeping Beauty, one of the most famous classical ballets.
The Sleeping Beauty (Russian: Спящая красавица, romanized: Spyashchaya krasavitsa listen ⓘ) is a ballet in a prologue and three acts to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 66, completed in 1889. It is the second of his three ballets and, at 160 minutes, his second-longest work in any genre.
Meet Aurora, Prince Charming, and Other Characters from this Beloved Ballet. Aurora (a.k.a. The Princess, Beauty, Her Royal Highness) Sasha De Sola in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty // © Erik Tomasson. Firstborn child of the Tsar and Tsarina, Aurora is cursed to sleep a hundred years.
The invited guests include many fairy tale characters— Puss-in-Boots, Red-Riding-Hood, Cinderella, Hop-o’-my-Thumb, Princess Florine and the Bluebird, among others— who present their stories as gifts to the royal couple.
Marie Petipa as the Lilac Fairy with Maria Egorova and Julia Kschessinskaya as her pages (1890) World Première. The Sleeping Beauty premièred on the 15th January [O.S. 3rd January] 1890 and was an enormous success, one of Petipa’s biggest and Tchaikovsky’s most successful ballet.
The Epitome of Classical Ballet with a Fairy-tale Ending. What Is It? The first collaboration between the father of classical ballet, Marius Petipa, and famed composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty is the pinnacle of classical ballet.
In Helgi Tomasson’s The Sleeping Beauty, you’ll see characters from three different tales: Puss in Boots, who dances with the White Cat, and the Bluebird and his partner, Princess Florine. The story of Puss in Boots is well-known: a cat, given to the youngest son, and insistent on wearing boots, decides that he’ll make his master’s fortune.