Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle
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: Svetlana Lunkina, Dmitry Gudanov, Vitaly Biktimirov
Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle
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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Vincent Bataillon
- Cast
- Svetlana Lunkina, Dmitry Gudanov, Vitaly Biktimirov, Maria Allash, Elena Bukanova, Ekaterina Barykina
- Studio
- Bolshoi Theatre
Maturity rating
Not yet rated.
Audio languages
No Language
Where to watch
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