Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty: Saddlers Wells Royal Ballet (1955)

Maximizing the splendor of composer Peter Tchaikovsky's ballet score, the classic fable "Sleeping Beauty" springs to life in this vintage production starring Michael Somes, Beryl Grey and Margot Fonteyn as the cursed title character. The three-act small-screen adaptation features Frederick Ashton's ethereal choreography, with the acclaimed Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet performing under the baton of maestro Robert Irving.