La Fille mal gardée, with McRae and Marquez, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, May 2012
Posted on 13 May 2012La Fille mal gardée is one of Frederick Ashton’s most delightful ballets, and this review covers the same cast as for the live cinema relay on May 16. The story is simple. Widow Simone wants to marry off her very pretty daughter Lise to the son of a wealthy landowner, thereby assuring her and her daughter’s financial future. There are …