Cinderella review – Ashton’s classic fairytale with extra frills

Royal Opera House, London
Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov and company shine – as do their costumes – in the Royal Ballet’s over-the-top new design of this intricate workFirst the good news. Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, created in 1948 and so the first full-length British ballet, is back after too long an absence. Its swooning Prokofiev score, full of sharp reminders that midnight is about to strike, is as entrancing as ever.On opening night, for this new Royal