![]() The Lilac Fairy appears and asks why the Prince is sad. When his companions depart in pursuit of wild deer, the Prince seeks solace in the woods. Yet the Prince remains detached as the party executes a spirited mazurka. The Countess queries whether he is sad, to which Désiré replies that he is not sad and leads the Countess and guests in an elegant minuet. While his companions entertain themselves with games and revelry, the Prince seems despondent. One hundred years pass before Prince Désiré enters in a hunting party. The Lilac Fairy then casts her own spell over the entire kingdom, which descends into a peaceful slumber alongside the Princess. ![]() The Fairy then instructs the Princes to carry Aurora to her chamber, where she positions her pages to protect the Princess until the curse is broken. The Lilac Fairy arrives and reassures the King and Queen that their beloved daughter has not died but is merely in a deep sleep. Aurora, her suitors, and her friends dance with increasing excitement until Carabosse appears in disguise and presents the Princess with a gift: a bewitched spindle on which she pricks her finger and collapses. ![]() After Aurora’s jubilant entrance, the King tells her that she has grown into a beautiful young woman and must choose a husband from the Princes of Spain, Portugal, Florence, and Venice. The villagers waltz joyously with flower garlands as they await her arrival. The King and Queen host a grand celebration on the occasion of her sixteenth birthday. Guided and safeguarded by the gifts of the Fairies, the Princess matures into a radiant young woman. Instead, Aurora will fall into a deep sleep until a handsome Prince comes to awaken her with a kiss. The benevolent Lilac Fairy proclaims that Aurora will prick her finger, but she will not die. Enraged at not receiving an invitation from the royal family, the wicked Fairy Carabosse takes revenge on the kingdom by invoking a curse: on her sixteenth birthday, Princess Aurora will prick her finger on a spindle and die. The most powerful fairy of all, the Lilac Fairy promises to love and watch over the young Princess over the course of her life. At her christening, the Fairies of Fervor, Charity, Felicity, and Valor present the baby Aurora with gifts and blessings. The Sleeping Beauty tells the tale of the beautiful Princess Aurora, the long-awaited child of King Florestan and his Queen.
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