Koen kessels conducts the royal opera house orchestra and chorus in this performance of choreographer liam scarletts ballet federico bonelli portrays victor frankenstein whose mother dies in childbirth as he departs for university determined to find a way of reviving her victor studies hard and eventually succeeds but rebuffs his creation steven mc rae disgusted with himself years later victor has continued with his life and is due to marry childhood sweetheart elizabeth laura morera