The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 11, 2004

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Music

User Score

80%

Original Title

The Sleeping Beauty

Production Companies

CBC

Description

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.