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'''''Caroline Mathilde''''' is a two-act [[ballet]] to music by Sir [[ Peter Maxwell Davies]]. Its original choreographer was [[Flemming Flindt]] in 1991.
It tells the story of the eighteenth-century English [[princess]] [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Mathilde]] (sister of [[George III]]), who in 1766 was sent to [[Denmark]] aged 15 to be married to the 17-year-old [[schizophrenic]] Danish
As with Davies' earlier ballet, ''[[Salome (ballet)|Salome]]'', it was a commission by the [[Royal Danish Ballet]]. It was first performed on 14 March 1991 at the [[Royal Danish Theatre]], [[Copenhagen]]. The orchestra was conducted by [[Markus Lehtinen]].
Davies prepared two
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