Inspired by Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein is the world premiere of Liam Scarlett’s full-length ballet. A story of betrayal, curiosity, life, death and, above all, love, exploring the very depths of human nature.
Victor Frankenstein: Federico Bonelli
Elizabeth Lavenza: Laura Morera
The Creature: Steven McRae
Henry Clerval: Alexander Campbell
Madame Moritz: Elizabeth McGorian
Justine Moritz: Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Victor’s father: Bennet Gartside
Victor’s mother: Christina Arestis
The Professor: Thomas Whitehead
William Frankenstein: Guillem Cabrera Espinach
Young Victor: Sacha Barber
Young Elizabeth: Skya Powney
Young Justine: Lauren Molyneux
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Choreography: Liam Scarlett
Music: Lowell Liebermann
Designer: John Macfarlane
Lighting designer: David Finn
Projection designer: Finn Ross
Picture: 16:9
Sound: PCM 2.0 / DTS 5.1 Surround
Format: NTSC
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Duration: 130+14 mins
Year: 2016
"McRae’s portrayal is brilliant; his dancing is eloquent in its anguish, and we sense every beat of his lonely, vengeful heart..." The Observer
"The production has a cinematographic quality — not only from the projections and painterly sets (the scene in the bar with the medical students and attendant prostitutes could have been taken directly from Hogarth), but the adept way in which this classic plot is spun onstage." The Londonist
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