When and where Thursday, 5 November 2026 St James Theatre, Wellington Principal CastPrincess AuroraKatherine MinorPrince DésiréKihiro KusukamiWisdom, The Lilac FairyMayu TanigaitoCarabosseJemima ScottThe KingJun Samblaceno * The QueenAna Gallardo LobainaFairiesBeauty, The Blue FairyLyn LinWitt, The Green FairyRose XuGrace, The Orange FairyEmma GavanSong, The Yellow FairyKirby SelchowAct OneFairy Cavaliers Carabosse Attendants Female Courtiers Male Courtiers Four Young Princes RussianAdam Fairullzad ^ ChineseJesse Arenhold ^ IndianCharlie Tanner ^ PersianWilliam Robinson ^ Guards Malakai Jessop ‡ Maids Miriyan Barnes † Four Princes Lead Gardeners Michael Scott-Kahans ‡ Female Gardeners Male Gardeners Act TwoPrince's Friends Gallifron Kohei Iwamoto * Aurora Double Liezl Herrera † Wood Nymphs Female Wood Nymphs Male Carabosse Attendants Dragon Female Courtiers Male Courtiers New Zealand Symphony Orchestra  First ViolinsVesa-Matti Leppänen | Concertmaster Donald Armstrong | Associate Concertmaster Belle Ting | Guest Assistant Concertmaster Yuka Eguchi | Principal Emma Barron Ursula Evans Malavika Gopal Pam Jiang Haihong Liu Anne Loeser Alan Molina Gregory Squire Rebecca Struthers Anna van der Zee Beiyi Xue Kristina Zelinska Second ViolinsAndrew Thomson | Section Principal Amy Boucher | Associate Principal David Gilling | Sub-Principal Emeritus Janet Armstrong | Assistant Sub-Principal Emeritus Simeon Broom Elspeth Gray Megan Molina Elizabeth Patchett Katherine Rowe Christine Wang ViolasAlexander McFarlane | Associate Principal Nicholas Hancox | Assistant Principal Anna Debnam Beatrix Francis Jenaro Garita Belinda Veitch CelloAndrew Joyce | Section Principal Ian Greenberg | Assistant Principal David Chickering | Section Principal Emeritus Rowan Hazzlewood Sally Isaac Annemarie Mejiers BassesDamien Eckersley | Acting Section Principal Oleksandr Gunchenko Alanna Jones Malcolm Struthers FlutesBridget Douglas | Section Principal Kirsten Eade | Associate Principal Althea James | Guest Sub-Principal OboesRobert Orr | Section Principal Helen Clinton | Associate Principal Cor AnglaisMichael Austin | Principal ClarinetsEllen Deverall | Associate Principal Bass ClarinetRomola Smith | Principal BassoonsSam Brough | Associate Principal ContrabassonJessica Goldbaum | Guest Principal HornsJulian Zheng | Guest Section Principal Alexander Hambleton | Associate Principal Sebastian Dunn | Sub-Principal Shadley van Wyk | Sub-Principal Joshua Davies | Guest Sub-Principal TrumpetsMichael Kirgan | Section Principal David Johnson | Associate Principal Mark Carter | Sub-Principal Matthew Stein | Guest Sub-Principal TrombonesDavid Bremner | Section Principal Matthew Allison | Associate Principal Bass TromboneShannon Pittaway | Principal TubaAndrew Jarvis | Principal TimpaniLaurence Reese | Section Principal PercussionLeonard Sakofsky | Section Principal Thomas Guldborg | Associate Principal/Assistant Timpani Sam Rich | Sub-Principal HarpLouisic Dulbecco | Guest Principal PianoNoelle Dannenbring | RNZB Company Pianist Performance ScheduleApproximately 2 hour and 30 minutes including one 20 minute interval.
A 15 minute lockout period applies to each act of the performance.
Smoke, haze and lighting effects will be used during this performance. |