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The Sleeping Beauty

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The Sleeping Beauty

Ballet in a Prologue and Three Acts

Choreography after Marius Petipa
Additional Choreography and Staging by Kevin McKenzie, Gelsey Kirkland, and Michael Chernov
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Scenery by Tony Walton
Costumes by Willa Kim
Additional Designs by Holly Hynes
Lighting by Richard Pilbrow and Dawn Chiang
Assistant Scenery Designer Kelly Hanson
Assistant Costume Designer Richard Schurkamp

World Premiere

June 1, 2007
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Cast:
Veronika Part (Princess Aurora)
Marcelo Gomes (Prince Désiré)
Michele Wiles (Lilac Fair)
Martine van Hamel (Carabosse)
Xiomara Reyes (Princess Florine)
Herman Cornejo (Bluebird)