FRANKENSTEIN, Royal Ballet, Londres / London, Março / March 2019

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O ballet Frankenstein tem coreografia de Liam Scarlett e música de Lowell Liebermamm e foi apresentado esta temporada pelo Royal Ballet de Londres.

Victor Frankenstein apaixona-se por Elizabeth, uma filha adoptiva dos pais. Prometem casar-se depois de ele concluir o curso de Medicina. A mãe morre de parto no nascimento de William, o irmão mais novo.

No curso, um professor diz aos alunos que a ciência moderna permite reanimar material morta. Em segredo, Victor cria um ser vivo à noite mas fica horrorizado por ele não comunicar. A criatura foge e leva o seu casaco e livro.

Anos mais tarde a criatura sai da floresta e procura o amor de Victor, mas este rejeita-a e rasga o livro. A criatura jura vingar-se dele e da família. Apanhando o irmão mais novo William num jogo, mata-o. As culpas são atribuídas à ama, Justine, que é enforcada.

Victor sente-se culpado e amedrontado. No baile do seu casamento com Elizabeth o pai aparece morto, gera-se o pânico, e a criatura mata também o amigo Henry e a Elizabeth. Victor suicida-se e a criatura lança-se às chamas da casa dos Frankenstein.

Os cenários (de John Macfarlane) são variados e magníficos e o bailado é de belo efeito. Dirigiu a Orquestra da Royal Opera o maestro Barry Wordsworth.

Os bailarinos principais, todos de grande qualidade, foram Tristan Dyer (Victor Frankenstein),  Sarah Lamb (Elizabeth), 

Gray Avis (Alphonse Frankenstein, pai de Victor), 

Josh Liddington (William Frankenstein, irmão mais novo de Victor), 

Luca Acri (Henry, amigo de Victor) 

e Ryoichi Hirano (a criatura).

Participaram também Romany Pajdak (Justine, ama de William), Olivia Cowley (Caroline, mãe de Victor), Joe Parkinson (Victor jovem) e Malina Kolb (Elizabeth Jovem)

Foi um espectáculo dramático muito agradável de se ver.

FRANKENSTEIN, Royal Ballet, London,  March 2019

Frankenstein ballet has choreography by Liam Scarlett and music by Lowell Liebermamm and was presented this season by the Royal Ballet of London.

Victor Frankenstein falls in love with Elizabeth, an adopted daughter of her parents. They promise to get married after he finishes his medical course. The mother dies in labor at the birth of William, his younger brother.

In the medical course, a teacher tells students that modern science allows to revive dead material. In secret, Victor creates a living being at night but is horrified that he does not communicate. The creature runs away and takes his coat and book.

Years later the creature leaves the forest and looks for the love of Victor, but he rejects and rips the book. The creature vows revenge on himself and his family. Picking up his younger brother William in a game, he kills him. The guilty is attributed to his nanny, Justine, who is hanged.

Victor feels guilty and frightened. In the ball of his marriage with Elizabeth his father appears dead, the panic is generated, and the creature also kills his friend Henry and Elizabeth. Victor commits suicide and the creature launches into the flames of the Frankenstein house.

The sets (by John Macfarlane) are varied and magnificent and the ballet is of beautiful effect. Maestro Barry Wordsworth directed the Royal Opera Orchestra.

The soloist dancers, all of great quality, were Tristan Dyer (Victor Frankenstein), Sarah Lamb (Elizabeth), Gray Avis (Victor's father Alphonse Frankenstein), Josh Liddington (William Frankenstein, Victor's younger brother) Luca Acri (Henry, friend of Victor) and Ryoichi Hirano (the creature).

There was also the participation of Romany Pajdak (Justine, William’s nanny), Olivia Cowley (Caroline, Victor’s mother), Joe Parkinson (young Victor) and Malina Kolb (young Elizabeth)

It was a dramatic very pleasant performance to see.