MACMILLAN, K.: Mayerling [Ballet] (Royal Ballet, 2018)
Mayerling (arr. J. Lanchbery)
Composer: Liszt, Franz
Arranger: Lanchbery, John
Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
Choreographer: MacMillan, Kenneth
Baroness Helene Vetsera: McGorian, Elizabeth
Baroness Mary Vetsera: Lamb, Sarah
Bratfisch: Hay, James
Colonel Bay Middleton: Kish, Nehemiah
Countess Marie Larisch: Morera, Laura
Crown Prince Rudolf: McRae, Steven
Emperor Franz Josef: Avis, Gary
Katherina Schratt: Carby, Catherine
Mitzi Caspar: Magri, Mayara
Princess Stephanie: Hinkis, Meaghan Grace
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Conductor: Kessels, Koen
Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross
Lighting Designer: Read, John B.
Set Designer: Georgiadis, Nicholas
Costumer Designer: Georgiadis, Nicholas
Date of Production: 10-2018
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Playing Time: 02:12:43
Catalogue Number: OA1287D
UPC: 809478012870
Kenneth MacMillan based his dark, intense ballet Mayerling on the tragic true story of Crown Prince Rudolf and his Mistress Mary Vetseva, and its celebrated as one of The Royal Ballet's narrative masterpieces. The oppressive world of the Austro-Hungarian empire is brought to life the whole company, with a score drawn from the sweeping music of Franz Liszt, and with the sumptuous designs by Nicholas Georgiadis, Steven McRae dances Rudolf, one of the most technically and emotionally demanding roles in the repertory for male dancers, with Sarah Lamb as Mary Vetseva, in choreography that pushes classical ballet to its limits.
