La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter)
Ballet
L. J. F. Hérold - P. L.Hertel

La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter)

An eclectic score of French composer Ferdinand Hérold, rich in quotations from Rossini’s and Donizetti's operas and music by Mozart and Haydn, enables dance variations marked with expression, mime and pantomime, representing one of the main reasons why this cheerful ballet has been kept alive throughout its long performance history by way of many revivals.

La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter)

A simple sentimental story about two young farmers in love separated by class differences was inspired in the era of romantic literature and opera buffa. In the past two centuries the ballet has undergone many musical changes by different authors, and today is normally presented in one of two different versions.The one from 1903, production derived from Alexander Gorsky’s version to the music of Peter Ludwig Hertel, edited by Riccardo Drigo was based on the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, from the 19th century. Modern audiences are perhaps most familiar with the production staged by Frederick Ashton for the London Royal Ballet in 1960 set to the music of Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold and edited by John Lanchberyin 1828.

The last Split version of La Fille mal gardée was staged by the British choreographer and long-time guest of Croatian theatre scene Norman Dixon in 1988.

 

 

 

Author's team

Choreographer and Director Norman Arthur Dixon
Choreography Staging Dinko Bogdanić
Music  L. J. F. Herold - Peter Ludwig Hertel
Music Arrengement John Lanchbery
Conductor Hari Zlodre
Set Designer  Slaven Raos
Costume Designer Diana Kosec Bourek
Assistant Costume Designer  Barbara Bourek
Light Designer Srđan Barbarić
Sound Designer Petar Ivanišević
Ballet Masters Dmitrij Rodikov, Vladimir Šuvalov

Cast

Widow Simona  Igor Gluškov / Lev Šapošnikov
Lise   Eva Karpilovska / Hazuki Tanase
Colas Ivan Boiko  / Artjom Žusov
Alain Aleksandr Korjakovski / Remus Dimache 
Thomas (Alain's father) Dmitrij Rodikov
Rooster Bartul Lukšić / Marino Jakovčević 
Chicken Ana Mamić, Lucija Čulić, Dora Miše, Dominika Čolaković, Paulina Žanetić, Iris Puljiz, Iva Bajić, Gabriela Vukšić 
Friends Sonja Gaj Perhat, Ajla Kadrić, Gabriela Mede, Bojana Lipovšćak, Ekaterina Kuznetsova, Anastazija Boiko 
Friends Romulus Dimache, Uroš Škaper, Francesco Bruni, Daniel Jagar, Remus Dimache, Ivan Bedalov, Mario Buličić, Romulus Dimache, Uroš Škaper, Francesco Bruni, Daniel Jagar, Oleksandr Koriakovskyi, Ivan Bedalov, Mario Buličić 
Folk  Nikol Marčić, Tea Jelić, Jolanda Ercegović, Sonja Gaj Perhat, Maja Lončar, Monica Dinoni, Gabriela Mede, Anastazija Boiko, Lejla Bajramović, Ajla Kadrić, Tea Kuvek, Anastazija Šapošnikov, Vanessa Ivana Peričić, Uroš Škaper, Daniel Jagar, Ivan Bedalov, Romulus Dimache, Remus Dimache , Mario Buličić, Francesco Bruni, Nikol Marčić, Tea Jelić, Jolanda Ercegović, Sonja Gaj Perhat, Maja Lončar, Monica Dinoni, Gabriela Mede, Anastazija Boiko, Lejla Bajramović, Ajla Kadrić, Tea Kuvek, Uroš Škaper, Daniel Jagar, Ivan Bedalov, Romulus Dimache, Oleksandr Koriakovskyi, Mario Buličić, Francesco Bruni