Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle
Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle
Release: 2011-01-23
·Runtime: 109m
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.
Production Countries
Russia
Production Companies
Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater
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Cast
Svetlana Lunkina
as Giselle
Vladislav Lantratov
as Wilfreed
Chinara Alizade
as Peasants pas de deux
Anna Tikhomirova
as Giselle's friend
Ana Turazashvili
as Giselle's friend
Vitaly Biktimirov
as Hans
Anna Okuneva
as Giselle's friend
Dmitry Gudanov
as Albrecht
Alexei Loparevich
as Duke
Maria Vinogradova
as Giselle's friend
Maria Allash
as Myrtha
