DIRECTOR KEVIN O’HARE cbe om ch dbe Approximate timings FOUNDER DAME FOUNDER CHOREOGRAPHER Live cinema relay begins at 7.15pm; ballet begins at 7.30pm SIR om ch cbe FOUNDER MUSIC DIRECTOR CONSTANT LAMBERT Act I 41 minutes PRIMA BALLERINA ASSOLUTA Interval DAME MARGOT FONTEYN dbe Act II 53 minutes Interval Act III 37 minutes The performance will end at approximately 10.30pm Tweet your thoughts about tonight’s performance before it starts, during the intervals or afterwards with #ROHmayerling BALLET IN THREE ACTS

POINTE SHOES APPEAL CHOREOGRAPHY KENNETH MACMILLAN MUSIC FRANZ LISZT Each year The Royal Ballet dances through more than 6,000 pairs ARRANGED AND ORCHESTRATED BY JOHN LANCHBERY of pointe shoes. A gift of £5 to the Pointe Shoes Appeal could buy enough ribbon for five pairs. Donate online. DESIGNER NICHOLAS GEORGIADIS SCENARIO GILLIAN FREEMAN roh.org.uk/pointe LIGHTING DESIGNER JOHN B. READ STAGING CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS, GRANT COYLE, KARL BURNETT BALLET MASTERS GARY AVIS, RICARDO CERVERA 2018/19 LIVE CINEMA SEASON INCLUDES: BALLET MISTRESS SAMANTHA RAINE ASSISTANT BALLET MISTRESS SIAN MURPHY DIE WALKÜRE SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2018 PRINCIPAL COACHING ALEXANDER AGADZHANOV, LEANNE BENJAMIN, LA BAYADÈRE TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2018 ANTONY DOWSON, ZENAIDA YANOWSKY MONDAY 3 DECEMBER 2018 BENESH CHOREOLOGISTS KARL BURNETT, GRANT COYLE THE QUEEN OF SPADES TUESDAY 22 JANUARY 2019 LA TRAVIATA WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 2019 CONDUCTOR KOEN KESSELS DON QUIXOTE TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2019 ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LA FORZA DEL DESTINO TUESDAY 2 APRIL 2019 CONCERT MASTER VASKO VASSILEV FAUST TUESDAY 30 APRIL 2019 WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR/NEW SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI/FLIGHT PATTERN DIRECTED FOR THE SCREEN BY ROSS MACGIBBON THURSDAY 16 MAY 2019 TUESDAY 11 JUNE 2019 ROMEO AND JULIET LIVE FROM THE roh.org.uk/cinema ROYAL OPERA HOUSE MONDAY 15 OCTOBER 2018, 7.15PM The Story of Mayerling Cast

CROWN PRINCE STEVEN MCRAE The scene is set at the cemetery at Heiligenkreuz before dawn OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

Act I SARAH LAMB At the ball to celebrate his wedding to Princess Stephanie, Crown Prince Rudolf offends HIS MISTRESS his parents and bride by flirting with Princess Louise. Alone, he meets Countess Larisch and Baroness Vetsera, who introduces her daughter, Mary. Four Hungarian officers PRINCESS STEPHANIE MEAGHAN GRACE HINKIS interupt, pleading their separatist cause. Countess Larisch tries to revive her past HIS WIFE relationship with Rudolf. The Emperor discovers them and orders Rudolf to join his wife. Rudolf first visits his mother, Empress Elizabeth, and attempts to engage her sympathy. EMPEROR FRANZ-JOSEF GARY AVIS At Rudolf’s apartments, Stephanie is prepared for the wedding night. Rudolf forces OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY himself on her, terrifying her with a revolver. HIS FATHER

Act II EMPRESS KRISTEN MCNALLY At a notorious tavern, Bratfisch tries to entertain Stephanie, but she leaves, disgusted. HIS MOTHER Rudolf devotes his attention to his mistress, Mitzi Caspar. His Hungarian friends hand out political pamphlets. They hide during a police raid. Despairing, Rudolf suggests to COUNTESS MARIE LARISCH LAURA MORERA Mitzi they commit suicide together. Prime Minister Taafe comes to remove Rudolf from LADY-IN-WAITING TO ELISABETH, the tavern. As Rudolf leaves, Countess Larisch presents Mary Vetsera. EX-MISTRESS OF RUDOLF Countess Larisch calls on Baroness Vetsera at her house. She tells Mary’s fortune, BARONESS HELENE VETSERA ELIZABETH MCGORIAN assuring her that her romantic dreams will come true. Mary gives her a letter for Rudolf. MARY VETSERA’S MOTHER During Franz Josef’s birthday, Taafe confronts Rudolf with the Hungarian pamphlet. The Empress presents her husband the Emperor with a portrait of his ‘friend’, Katherina BRATFISCH JAMES HAY Schratt, and Rudolf observes an amorous exchange between the Empress and ‘Bay’. RUDOLF’S PRIVATE CAB-DRIVER Countess Larisch teases Rudolf with Mary’s letter. Mary and Rudolf meet in secret at AND ENTERTAINER Rudolf’s apartments for the first time. MITZI CASPAR MAYARA MAGRI Act III A HIGH-CLASS PROSTITUTE, At a shoot in the countryside, Rudolf kills a courtier and almost hits the Emperor. RUDOLF’S REGULAR MISTRESS The Empress discovers Countess Larisch with Rudolf at his apartments and dismisses her, unaware that Mary is waiting outside. Mary joins Rudolf, who asks her to die COLONEL ‘BAY’ MIDDLETON NEHEMIAH KISH with him. ELISABETH’S LOVER Rudolf, drinking with his friends in the hunting lodge at Mayerling, indicates that he is unwell and they leave. Bratfisch arrives with Mary, and attempts to entertain KATHERINA SCHRATT CATHERINE CARBY them. In a passionate frenzy Rudolf makes love to Mary. Calming his nerves with FRANZ JOSEF’S FRIEND morphine, he embraces her then shoots her. Rudolf’s friends rush in and are expelled by Rudolf who, left alone, shoots himself. An epilogue returns to the cemetery at Heiligenkreuz.

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