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The Royal Ballet of Great Britain will appear next summer at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, a highly placed company official in London has confirmed. Center president Thomas R. Kendrick, however, has not confirmed the booking. The Times erroneously announced Friday that the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet (one of three resident performing companies at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) would play Costa Mesa. In fact, it will be the more celebrated Royal Ballet that will make Costa Mesa the only West Coast stop on its three-city U.S. tour in 1990, according to the official, who requested anonymity. The tour begins in New York on July 2, then moves to Washington before making its local stop. The tour ends on Aug. 5. The exact dates and length of the stay in Orange County have not been announced.