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The Royal Ballet
La fille mal gardée
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Available 30th August 16:00 GMT | AVAILABLE UNTIL 20th SEPTEMBER
The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Conductor: Anthony Twiner
TV Director: Ross MacGibbon
Ever since its triumphant premiere in 1960, Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée has been treasured as one of his happiest creations – his artistic tribute to nature, and an expression of his feelings for his beloved Suffolk countryside.
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Cast:
Colas: Carlos Acosta
Lise: Marianela Nuñez
Simone: William Tuckett
Alain: Jonathan Howells
Marianela Nuñez and Carlos Acosta perfectly portray the young lovers Lise and Colas, determined to thwart the plans of Widow Simone to marry off her wayward daughter to Alain, the simple son of wealthy Farmer Thomas.
Osbert Lancaster’s colourful, picture-book designs, along with Ferdinand Hérold’s tuneful score, arranged by John Lanchbery, provide the perfect setting for Ashton’s blissfully bucolic ballet, complete with haywain, pony, maypole and ribbons, a cockrel and his chickens and, of course, the famous clog dance, here wonderfully led by William Tuckett as the irascible but lovable Widow Simone.
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