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The Sleeping Beauty

80% | May 11, 2004 | Music

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.

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Norman Campbell
Producer
George Crum
Conductor

Cast

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Veronica Tennant
Princess Aurora
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Rudolf Nureyev
Prince Florimund
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Charles Kirby
King Florestan
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Susan Menck
The Queen
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Simon Semenoff
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