The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful Princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund. Sixty years later, in 2006, the original 1946 staging was revived by then Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason and Christopher Newton, returning Oliver Messel’s wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage.
Unfortunately the movie The Sleeping Beauty is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Crew | Marius Petipa | Choreographer |
| Crew | Frederick Ashton | Creative Consultant |
| Crew | Anthony Dowell | Creative Consultant |
| Crew | Christopher Wheeldon | Creative Consultant |
| Production | Monica Mason | Producer |
| Production | Ninette de Valois | Production Assistant |
| Production | Nicholas Sergeyev | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Music |
| Lighting | Mark Jonathan | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Koen Kessels | Conductor |
| Sound | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House | Musician |
| Directing | Christopher Carr | Stage Director |
| Art | Oliver Messel | Set Designer |
| Art | Peter Farmer | Set Designer |
| Production | Christopher Newton | Producer |
| Writing | Vladimir Pétrovitch Begitchev | Writer |
| Writing | Johann Karl August Musäus | Novel |
