Giselle (Bolshoi Ballet) (2011)
Learning that Albrecht, her beloved, is in fact a nobleman engaged to be married to a princess, the naive peasant girl Giselle dies. The Queen of the Wilis—the spirits of deceased young virgins—decides that Albrecht should follow Giselle to the grave, and condemns him to dance until he dies of exhaustion. But Giselle’s spirit dances with him and saves him. With music by Adolphe Adam and a libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, the ballet touches on the great romantic themes: local colour, a pastoral love affair doomed to end in tragedy, a plunge into fantasy and redemption through the power of love.
Cast
Giselle
Albrecht
Peasants pas de deux
Peasants pas de deux
Giselle's friend
Giselle's friend
Giselle's friend
Giselle's friend
Giselle's friend
Giselle's friend
Hans
Myrtha
Berthe
Bathilde
Two Wilis
Two Wilis
Duke
Wilfreed
Crew
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Original Music Composer
Conductor
Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer
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