The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty

The National Ballet of Canada interprets Tchaikovsky's timeless three-act opera in this 1972 performance starring Veronica Tennant and Rudolf Nureyev and featuring The Orchestra of the National Ballet of Canada under conductor George Crum. Rudolph Nureyev stars as Prince Florimund opposite Veronica Tennant as Princess Aurora. After Princess Aurora is cursed at birth, she pricks her finger and sleeps for 100 years, until Prince Florimund wakes her with a kiss.

Cast for The Sleeping Beauty...

Veronica Tennant
Princess Aurora
Rudolf Nureyev
Prince Florimund
Charles Kirby
King Florestan
Susan Menck
The Queen
Simon Semenoff
Catalabutte
Celia Franca
Carabosse
Kristine Soleri
The Lilac Fairy
Frank Augustyn
The Bluebird
Karen Kain
Princess Florine