'Mayerling' inaugurates the new season of the Royal Opera House at the cinema, with a splendid choreography by Kenneth MacMillan and music by Franz Liszt, arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery. Mayerling is a classic of the Royal Ballet repertoire characterized by emotional depth, seductive images and one of the most challenging male roles ever created.Kenneth MacMillan has devised a complex choreography inspired by the vicissitudes of the tormented heir to the throne of the Habsburgs, Prince Rudolf, and his lover, the seventeen-year-old baroness Maria Vetsera. A background of amorous and political intrigues, in a story that culminates in a tragic double suicide.