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Aurora's Wedding (Petipa)
| Choreographer |
Petipa, Marius |
| Finnish premiere | 18.1.1992 |
| Place of Premiere | Finnish National Opera |
| Style | Classic Ballet |
| Scenography | Mark Väisänen |
| Costume designer | Mark Väisänen |
| Lighting Designer | Kimmo Ruskela |
| Performers of the premiere | King Florestan: Jorma Uotinen, The Queen: Doris Laine, Princess Aurora: Minna Tervamäki, Prince Desiré: Jukka Aromaa (New York City Ballet), Master of Ceremonies: Aku Ahjolinna, The Lilac Fairy: Sini Länsivuori, The White Cat: Minne Jorasmaa, Puss in Boots: Karl Hedman, Jewel Fairies: Arja Tervo, Virve Lehtinen, Anneke Lönnroth, Francis Guardia; Princess Florina: Tuuli Tuominen, Bluebird: Juha-Pekka Myllymäki, Red Riding Hood: Marilena Fontoura, Wolf: Henrikki Heikkilä, three Ivans: Tero Saarinen, Janne Väänänen, Valeri Kononen; Maids of Honour, Courtiers: Corinna Dahlström, Tuija Lindholm, Minna Strömberg, Tiina Väänänen, Titta Karhunen, Pia Tavela, Mika Saarelainen, Mikko Siiskonen, Pekka Yli-Marttila, Veli-Pekka Hämäläinen, Tomi Blåberg, Klaus Vesala; pages: Massimiliano Carbone, Pekka Lajunen, Samuli Poutanen, Eero Vesterinen. |
| Music composed for the work | Pjotr Tshaikovski(Pyotr Tchaikovsky): Prinsessa Ruusunen (The Sleeping Beauty). |
| Other Information |
Restaging: Doris Laine. Aurora's Wedding is dedicated to ballet master Alexander Saxelin. It is a separately performed Act III from The Sleeping Beauty. Aurora's Wedding celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Finnish National Ballet, and in this performance the retiring ballet director Doris Laine passed the sceptre to her successor Jorma Uotinen. |
| Companies |
Finnish National Ballet |
| Dancers |
Saarinen, Tero: Ivan (1992) Kononen, Valeri: Ivan (1992) Väänänen, Janne: Ivan (1992) Tervo, Arja: Jewel Fairy (1992) Lehtinen, Virve: Jewel Fairy (1992) Lönnroth, Anneke: Jewel Fairy (1992) Guardia, Francis: Jewel Fairy (1992) Uotinen, Jorma: King Florestan (1992) Laine, Doris: The Queen (1992) Myllymäki, Juha-Pekka: Bluebird (1992) Tervamäki, Minna: Princess Aurora (1992) Tuominen, Tuuli: Princess Florina (1992) Aromaa, Jukka: Prince Desiré (1992) Fontoura, Marilena: Red Riding Hood (1992) Hedman, Karl: Puss in Boots (1992) Ahjolinna, Aku: Master of Ceremonies (1992) Länsivuori, Sini: The Lilac Fairy (1992) Heikkilä, Henrikki: Wolf (1992) Jorasmaa, Minne: The White Cat (1992) |