The Sleeping Beauty Tickets
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The Sleeping Beauty tickets for The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House are among the most prized in London whenever the ballet returns. Tchaikovsky’s score, Petipa’s choreography and Oliver Messel’s designs make it the grandest of the classical story ballets, and it is the production with which The Royal Ballet reopened the house in 1946, with Margot Fonteyn as Princess Aurora.
The Royal Ballet has not scheduled The Sleeping Beauty in its 2026/27 season. When the next run is announced, top-category seats in the Orchestra Stalls, Stalls Circle and Donald Gordon Grand Tier go quickly, so register your interest below and our Private Client Team will contact you as soon as dates are confirmed. TicketsToSee has sourced seats for sold-out performances for over 20 years.
On this page: Register interest | Key facts | The ballet | The production | Best seats | Your visit | FAQs
Register Interest in The Sleeping Beauty Tickets
Tell us how many seats you would like and any preferred seat area, and we will contact you first when the next Royal Opera House run is announced. There is no obligation and no payment until you choose to book.
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The Sleeping Beauty Tickets: Key Facts
- Company: The Royal Ballet, with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
- Venue: Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
- Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Choreography: Marius Petipa, with additional choreography by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon
- Running time: about 3 hours, including two intervals
- Next run: not yet announced; not in the 2026/27 season
In short: The Sleeping Beauty is The Royal Ballet’s signature classical ballet at the Royal Opera House. No performances are on sale at present; TicketsToSee takes registrations of interest and contacts buyers when the next run is announced, offering top-category seats in the Orchestra Stalls, Stalls Circle and Donald Gordon Grand Tier.
Sleeping Beauty Ballet: The Story and the Music
The story
At Princess Aurora’s christening the wicked fairy Carabosse curses her to prick her finger on a spindle and die. The Lilac Fairy softens the curse to a hundred-year sleep. On her sixteenth birthday Aurora is pricked and the whole court falls asleep, until a prince, guided by the Lilac Fairy, wakes her with a kiss and the story ends in a glittering wedding.
Tchaikovsky’s score
Tchaikovsky wrote the music for the Imperial Ballet in St Petersburg, where the ballet was first performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1890. It includes the Rose Adagio, the Lilac Fairy’s music and the famous Garland Waltz, and is played live by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
Royal Ballet Sleeping Beauty: The Production
A ballet at the heart of the company
The Sleeping Beauty reopened the Royal Opera House after the Second World War in February 1946, danced by what became The Royal Ballet, and it has been the company’s calling card ever since.
The current staging
The present production, staged by Monica Mason and Christopher Newton after Petipa in 2006, recreates Oliver Messel’s 1946 designs, with their gilded palace, enchanted forest and courtly costumes. The Rose Adagio, in which Aurora balances as four princes offer her roses, is one of the great tests of a ballerina.
The Sleeping Beauty Tickets: Best Seats in the House
Orchestra Stalls
Closest to the stage, with every detail of the footwork, mime and costumes in full view.
Stalls Circle
A raised ring above the stalls; centre seats give a slightly elevated view of the whole stage picture.
Donald Gordon Grand Tier
The first tier above the Stalls Circle, where centre seats show the patterns of the Garland Waltz and the fairies’ variations at their best.
Seeing The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House Sleeping Beauty: getting there
The house is on Bow Street, London WC2E 9DD. Covent Garden Underground station on the Piccadilly line is the nearest; Leicester Square and Holborn are a short walk away.
Timings and dress code
With two intervals the evening runs about three hours, so evening performances finish late. There is no dress code; smart or smart-casual is usual.
The Sleeping Beauty Tickets: Frequently Asked Questions
When is The Sleeping Beauty next at the Royal Opera House?
The Royal Ballet has not scheduled The Sleeping Beauty in the 2026/27 season. Register your interest on this page and we will contact you when dates are announced.
Can I register interest in Royal Ballet Sleeping Beauty tickets now?
Yes. Use the form on this page or call +44 (0)20 3070 3997. There is no obligation and no payment until you choose to book.
How long is the Sleeping Beauty ballet?
About three hours, including two intervals.
Is The Sleeping Beauty suitable for children?
It is a family favourite. Age guidance is set by the Royal Opera House for each run and is confirmed when dates are announced.
Which seats do you offer?
Top-category seats in the Orchestra Stalls, Stalls Circle and Donald Gordon Grand Tier.
Be first to hear: Register Interest or call +44 (0)20 3070 3997. For ballets and operas on sale now, see our Royal Opera House tickets page and The Nutcracker tickets.
Sleeping Beauty Performance Dates
The Royal Ballet has not announced dates for its next run of The Sleeping Beauty; it is not part of the 2026/27 season. As soon as dates are published, every performance will be listed here with its own booking page.
Register Interest and we will contact you first.
The Sleeping Beauty for Families, Groups and Clients
Family bookings
The Sleeping Beauty is one of the great first ballets: a fairy tale everyone knows, with magical scenery and costumes. Seats are generally grouped in pairs, so tell us your party size when you register interest.
Corporate entertaining
A full-length classical ballet at Covent Garden makes a memorable client evening. Tell us the number of guests and we will come back with options when the run is announced.
A Short History of The Sleeping Beauty
From Perrault to St Petersburg
The ballet is based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tale. Ivan Vsevolozhsky, director of the Imperial Theatres, commissioned Tchaikovsky’s score, and Marius Petipa created the choreography for the premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in January 1890.
The Sleeping Beauty in London
Serge Diaghilev staged it in London in 1921 as The Sleeping Princess. The Sadler’s Wells Ballet chose it to reopen the Royal Opera House in 1946, and the ballet has returned to Covent Garden in new stagings ever since.
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