Details

First performed in 1958 this full-length love story is set in a mythical, medieval kingdom by the sea. Imbued with the supernatural, the ballet tells the story of the playful and mischievous water sprite, Ondine, who falls in love with a mortal and, finally, at the command of the Lord of the Sea is set to destroy him. Myth, melodrama and murder blend with breathtaking ease in the three acts, conjuring up images of angry waves, forest streams and the underwater world. BP Summer Big Screens 2009 - June 3 19:30 - Live to Trafalgar Square, London; Botanic Gardens, Belfast; Centenary Square, Bradford; Millennium Square, Bristol; The Hayes, Cardiff; Market Place, Derby; Millennium Square, Leeds; Exchange Square, Manchester; Centre Square, Middlesbrough; The Piazza, Plymouth; All Saints' Square, Rotherham; Castle Square, Swansea.

Creatives/Company

Choreographer(s): Frederick Ashton, Frederick Ashton
Producer: Royal Ballet
Music: Hans Werner Henze
Design: Lila de Nobili
Lighting: John B Read
Other(s): Christoper Carr (staging), Grant Coyle (staging)