Premiere
July 5, 2017
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York, New York
Cast:
Isabella Boylston (Princess Aurora)
Alban Lendorf (Prince Désiré)
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July 5, 2017
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York, New York
Cast:
Isabella Boylston (Princess Aurora)
Alban Lendorf (Prince Désiré)
The court of King Florestan and his Queen assembles for the wedding of their daughter, the Princess Aurora, to Prince Désiré. The invited guests include many fairy tale characters— Puss-in-Boots, Red-Riding-Hood, Princess Florine and the Bluebird, among others— who present their stories as gifts to the royal couple. Also present is the Lilac Fairy, Aurora’s fairy godmother, and the evil fairy Carabosse, who has been forgiven for placing a spell on Aurora.
After all the guests pay their respects to the bride and bridegroom, Aurora and Désiré dance a grand pas de deux. The whole assembly joins in a dance in their honor, and the kingdom rejoices.
This production of Aurora’s Wedding is taken from Act III of Alexei Ratmansky’s staging of The Sleeping Beauty, with choreography by Marius Petipa. Aurora’s Wedding features the added divertissements of The Porcelain Trio (with choreography by Bronislava Nijinska) and Three Ivans (with choreography by Ninette de Valois).