Giselle
fantasy ballet in two acts
music by Adolphe Adam
Duration
2 hours 15 minutes
6+
for viewers over 6 years old
The ballet was written in 1841. This version was first performed in Perm in 1959. It was revived in a new staging in 2008.
The libretto is based on Heinrich Heine’s retelling of the legend of the spirits of dead brides: the Wilis. The Wilis hover over the cemetery by night, ready to lure any man they meet to his death. This fate also awaits Count Albrecht, who is responsible for the death of the peasant girl Giselle, whom he had deceived. But even after her death, Giselle is prepared to sacrifice herself for her loved one. In 1926, Giselle, in Marius Petipa’s canonical choreography, opened the first page in the history of Perm ballet. In 2008, the production was revived by former Mariinsky Theatre soloist Tatiana Legat.
The libretto is based on Heinrich Heine’s retelling of the legend of the spirits of dead brides: the Wilis. The Wilis hover over the cemetery by night, ready to lure any man they meet to his death. This fate also awaits Count Albrecht, who is responsible for the death of the peasant girl Giselle, whom he had deceived. But even after her death, Giselle is prepared to sacrifice herself for her loved one. In 1926, Giselle, in Marius Petipa’s canonical choreography, opened the first page in the history of Perm ballet. In 2008, the production was revived by former Mariinsky Theatre soloist Tatiana Legat.
Libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules Saint-Georges Choreography by Jules Perrot, Jean Coralli, and Marius Petipa, in a version by Tatiana Legat
Ballet Master–Producer: Tatiana Legat
Ballet Master’s Assistants: Elena Solovyova, Natalia Akhmarova
Set Designer: Ernst Heidebrecht
Costume Designer: Elena Zaitseva
Lighting Designer: Sergey Martynov
Ballet Master–Producer: Tatiana Legat
Ballet Master’s Assistants: Elena Solovyova, Natalia Akhmarova
Set Designer: Ernst Heidebrecht
Costume Designer: Elena Zaitseva
Lighting Designer: Sergey Martynov
