Mayerling Masterclass - The Royal Ballet

Edward Watson and Mara Galeazzi give an insight into Kenneth MacMillan's dark ballet Mayerling. On from April to June 2013, find out more about Mayerling - Kenneth MacMillan turned to the double suicide of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his teenage mistress for this 1978 work. The music of Franz Liszt, arranged by John Lanchbery, provides a sweeping soundscape to match the high emotion of the drama, while the designs of Nic