Sleeping Beauty has a very special place in the heart and history of the Royal Ballet. It was the first work the company performed when the Royal Opera House reopened in Covent Garden in 1946, after the Second World War. In 2006, this original production was revived, and it has continued to delight audiences ever since. Frederick Ashton famously described the pure classicism of Marius Petipa's 19th century ballet as a lesson in the atmospheric art and craft of choreography. Be swept away by Tchaikovsky's breathtakingly beautiful music and Oliver Messel's sumptuous fairytale designs in this true gem from the classical ballet repertoire.
