Prologue (The Christening)King Flor

Prologue (The Christening)
King Florestan the XXIVth and his Queen have welcomed their first child, Princess Aurora, and declare a grand christening ceremony to honor her. Six fairies are invited to the ceremony to bestow gifts on the child. Each fairy represents a virtue or positive trait, such as beauty, courage, sweetness, musical talent, and mischief (the names of fairies and their gifts vary in productions). The most powerful fairy, the Lilac Fairy, arrives with her entourage, but before she can bestow her gift, the palace grows dark. With a clap of thunder, the evil fairy Carabosse arrives (typically played by a female character dancer, or a male dancer in drag) with her minions (generally several male dancers depicted as rats or insects). Carabosse furiously asks the King and Queen why she had not received an invitation to the christening. The blame falls to Catallabutte, the Master of Ceremonies who was in charge of the guest list. Carabosse gleefully throws his wig off and beats him with her staff, before placing a curse upon the baby princess as revenge: Aurora will indeed grow up to be a beautiful, virtuous and delightful young lady, but on her sixteenth birthday she will prick her finger on a spindle and die. The King and Queen are horrified and beg Carabosse for mercy, but she shows none. However, the Lilac Fairy intervenes. Though she does not have enough power to completely undo the curse, she alters it, allowing the spindle to cause a peaceful 100-year sleep for the princess, rather than death. At the end of those 100 years, she will be woken by the kiss of a handsome prince. Relieved that Aurora's life will ultimately be spared, the court is set at ease.

Act I (The Spell)
It is the day of Princess Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Celebrations are underway, though the King is still unsettled by Carabosse's omen. Catallabutte discovers several peasant ladies knitting nearby (a forbidden activity, as it involves spindles potentially harmful to the princess) and alerts the King, who initially sentences the women to a harsh punishment. The Queen gently persuades him to spare the innocent citizens, and he agrees. The townsfolk perform an elaborate waltz with flower garlands, and Princess Aurora arrives afterwards. She is introduced to four suitors by her doting parents. Aurora and the suitors perform the famous Rose Adagio, one of the most notoriously difficult sequences in all of ballet. Presently, a cloaked stranger appears and offers a gift to the princess: a spindle. Having never seen one before, Aurora curiously examines the strange object as her parents desperately try to intervene. As predicted, she pricks her finger on the spindle (in some versions, the "gift" is a nonthreatening bouquet of flowers with the spindle hidden within). While initially appearing to recover quickly, she falls into a swoon and collapses. The cloaked stranger reveals herself to be Carabosse, who believes that her curse still stands and that the princess is dead. Once again, the Lilac Fairy quells the hubbub and reminds the King and Queen that Aurora is merely asleep. The princess is carried off to bed, and the Lilac Fairy casts a spell of slumber over the entire kingdom, which will only be broken when Aurora awakens. She then uses her magic to cover the castle in layers of vines and brambles.


Carlotta Brianza as Princess Aurora and Pavel Gerdt as Prince Désiré, costumed for the Grand Procession of Act III in Petipa's original production of The Sleeping Beauty.
(Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, 1890)
Act II (The Vision)
One hundred years later, Prince Désiré is at a hunting party with his companions. He is in a mopey mood, unhappy with his bossy countess girlfriend. His friends try to cheer him up with a game of blind man's bluff and a series of dances. Still unhappy, he asks to be alone and the hunting party departs. Alone in the forest, he is met by the Lilac Fairy, who has chosen him to awaken Aurora. She shows him a vision of the beautiful princess, and the prince is immediately smitten. The Lilac Fairy explains the situation, and Désiré begs to be taken to the princess. The Lilac Fairy takes him by boat to the castle and guides through the deep forest until at last, they reach the hidden castle. Once inside the castle, Désiré awakens Aurora with a kiss. The rest of the court wakes as well, and the King and Queen heartily approve when the prince proposes marriage and the princess accepts.

Act III (The Wedding)

The royal wedding is underway. Guests include the Jewel Fairies: Diamond, Gold, Silver and Sapphire, the Lilac Fairy and even Carabosse. Fairytale characters are in attendance, including Puss in Boots and The White Cat, Princess Florine and the Bluebird, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Cinderella and Prince Charming, Beauty and the Beast, and others. Aurora and Désiré perform a grand Pas de Deux, and the entire ensemble dances a mazurka. The prince and princess are married, with the Lilac Fairy blessing the union.

The ballet ends with a grand apotheosis (apothéose) where all the characters come together with a tableau depicting Apollo and King Louis XIV.

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开场白（洗礼）
王弗洛雷斯坦的xxivth和他的王后已经迎来了他们的第一个孩子，奥罗拉公主，并宣布一个盛大的洗礼仪式来纪念她。六位仙女被邀请参加儿童的礼物仪式。每一个仙女都代表一种美德或积极的品质，如美貌、勇气、甜美、音乐才华，和恶作剧（仙女的名字和他们的礼物在制作中有所不同）。最有权势的仙女，紫丁香仙女，带着她的随从，但在她能给她的礼物之前，宫殿就变黑了。随着一声雷鸣，邪恶精灵美艳的到来（通常由女性角色演员扮演，或男舞者在拖）与她的爪牙（一般几个男舞者描绘成老鼠或昆虫）。美艳怒气冲冲地质问国王和王后为什么她没有收到邀请函的洗礼。责任落在catallabutte，仪式是在客人名单上电荷的主人。美艳兴高采烈地把他的假发和比他跟自己的员工，前放置一个诅咒小公主复仇：极光确实会长大是美丽，善良，可爱的年轻女士，但在她十六岁生日时她会刺破她的手指在主轴和模具。国王和王后惊恐和乞求美艳的怜悯，但她表明不。然而，丁香仙子的干预。虽然她没有足够的力量完全撤销诅咒，她改变了它，使主轴，使一个和平的100年的公主，而不是死亡。在这100年的最后，她将被一个英俊的王子的吻唤醒。解除了极光的生命将最终被饶恕，法庭被设置为方便。它是公主的日子，极光的第十六个生日。庆祝活动正在进行中，尽管国王仍然是美艳的预兆不安。catallabutte发现几个农民针织女装附近（被禁止的活动，它包括主轴可能公主有害）提醒国王，谁最初句的妇女严厉的惩罚。女王轻轻地劝他放过无辜的公民，他同意。市民上花环表演了一场华尔兹，和奥罗拉公主到来之后。她介绍了四个追求者在她父母的溺爱。极光和求婚者进行了著名的玫瑰慢板，一个在所有芭蕾最难序列。目前，一个披着斗篷的陌生人似乎提供了一个礼物给公主：主轴。在没有见过一个之前，极光好奇地检查奇怪的对象，因为她的父母拼命地试图干预。据预测，她刺她的手指在主轴（在一些版本中，“礼”是一个和谐的花束与主轴内隐藏）。虽然最初出现迅速恢复，她陷入昏迷和崩溃。那个陌生人显露自己是美艳，谁相信她的诅咒仍然和公主死了。再次，丁香仙女平息喧哗和提醒国王和王后，极光只是睡着了。公主被抬到床上，紫丁香的仙女在整个王国里都有一个沉睡的咒语，这只会被打破，当极光唤醒。她然后使用她的魔法覆盖层和荆棘藤蔓的城堡。


卡洛塔Brianza奥罗拉公主和Pavel Gerdt王子Dé先生é，服装为的盛大游行的第三幕佩蒂帕的原生产的睡美人。（马林斯基剧院，一百年后圣彼德堡，1890年）、第二幕（视觉）

，皇子爵士和他的同伴在一个狩猎队。他是一个消沉的情绪，他专横的伯爵夫人女友不高兴。他的朋友们试着用一个盲人的悬崖和一系列的舞蹈来为他喝彩。还不高兴，他要独自狩猎聚会离开。独自在森林里，他被紫丁香的仙女，他选择了他来唤醒极光。她向他展示一个美丽的公主和王子的视野，立即被。紫丁香仙女解释了局势，而丁先生乞乞公主。紫丁香仙女带着他乘船到城堡，穿过森林，直到最后，他们到达了隐藏的城堡。一旦进入城堡，Dé先生é唤醒极光与一个吻。法庭的其他人也会醒来，国王和王后在王子求婚的时候，国王和王后都同意了。嘉宾包括：钻石，黄金，宝石仙女银和蓝宝石，丁香仙子甚至美艳。童话人物都出席，包括穿靴子的猫和一只白色的猫，公主氟和蓝知更鸟，小红帽和狼，灰姑娘和白马王子，美女和野兽，和其他人。极光和Dé先生é执行大双人舞，和整个乐团的舞蹈玛祖卡舞曲。王子和公主都结婚了，带着紫丁香的祝福联盟。芭蕾舞结束一大典范（语apothéOSE）里的所有人物一起画面描绘阿波罗和路易十四王。

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