Sunday, October 27, 2019
La fille mal gardee
The ballet “La Fille Mal Gardee” was one classical music event that I could find before leaving home on this week in Budapest. Unfortunately the Budapest Opera House is under renovation and this performance was at the Erkel theatre. A theatre that must have been built in the Communist era as it is somewhat drab with brown colors etc. However the ballet which I learned is very popular with ballet companies world wide was most enjoyable. The musical score is by Ferdinand Herold, a French composer but the ballet dance was developed by British Sir Frederick Ashton in the 1960s. It was funny, full of continuous dancing, a clown, a young couple in love, a huge corps de ballet and great music to accompany it. The costumes are probably as originally designed for the Sir Frederick Ashton performances. Anyone who is a ballet fan probably knows it well.
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