La Fille Mal Garde - Royal Opera House - Live

Showing on Wednesday 16th May at 20:15

Frederick Ashton | Ballet in two acts

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Music: Ferdinand Hérold

Frederick Ashton | Ballet in two acts

Running time: 2 hour 2 minutes (excluding intervals)

Ever since it’s triumphant premiere in January 1960, Frederick Ashton's La fille mal gardée has been esteemed as one of his happiest creations. This is a charming piece, elegantly performed, a village love affair set in the idyllic Constable landscape of Ashton's imagination. Marianela Nuñez and Carlos Acosta would be show-stoppers in almost any suitable role, but as Lise and Colas they are superb. William Tuckett and Jonathan Howells, in the comic roles of Simone and Alain respectively, are every bit as arresting, both

displaying a certain genius for knockabout. The luminously colourful Osbert Lancaster designs, together with the vitality of The Royal Ballet’s dancing and vibrant playing from the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House under the baton of Anthony Twiner, serve to augment the harmless good fun at which Ashton excels.

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Music Ferdinand Hérold

Conductor Anthony Twiner