Diana Vishneva portrays opening-night Princess Aurora in the American Ballet Theatre’s new production and world premiere of “The Sleeping Beauty” at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Diana Vishneva portrays Aurora and Marcelo Gomes is Prince Désiré on opening night of American Ballet Theatre’s “The Sleeping Beauty” at the Segerstrom. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Nancy Raffa is fantastically ferocious as the evil fairy Carabosse in “The Sleeping Beauty,” an ABT production having its world premiere in Costa Mesa. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Diana Vishneva is Princess Aurora and Marcelo Gomes is Prince Desire in the American Ballet Theatre’s “The Sleeping Beauty.” (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes in “The Sleeping Beauty.” (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
