The Sleeping Beauty

05/11/2004

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1hr 27min

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Music

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Veronica Tennant
  • Rudolf Nureyev
  • Charles Kirby
  • Susan Menck
  • Simon Semenoff

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • CBC

      Production Countries

    • Canada

    LANGUAGES

    • English