Details

A fast moving celebration of the triumph of young love over the misguided plotting of others. The predicament of the innocent lovers Lise and Colas, the comic antics of Alain and the hilarious meddling of Widow Simone create some of the most memorable and technically challenging set pieces in the classica repertoire. Sponsored (2004) by the Friends of Covent Garden

Cast/Performers

Miyako Yoshida, Viacheslav Samodurov, William Tuckett, Jose Martin, Marianela Nunuz, Carols Acosta, Jonathan Howells, Roberta Marquez, Giacomo Ciriaci, Sarah Lamb, Martin Harvey, Alastair Marriott, Belinda Hatley, Thiago Soares, Laura Morera, Ricardo Cervera, Philip Mosley

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Ferdinand Herold, John Lanchbery (arrangement)
Company: Royal Ballet
Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Other(s): Jean Dauberval (scenario), Alexander Grant (staging - assisted by Christopher Carr)
Design: Osbert Lancaster
Lighting: John B. Read