Ballet

Giselle

Ballet in two acts.
This is a story of unreturned love, of madness, death and revenge. A beautiful country girl, Giselle, falls in love with Count Albert, who breaks her heart.

Composer: Adolphe Adam
Director: Stanislav Fečo (Czech Republic)
Choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa: Stanislav Fečo
Stage Designer: Charles Cusick-Smith (Scotland)
Conductor: Lauri Sirp

In Roles: Hayley Blackburn, Nashua Mironova, Mai Kageyama, Saori Nagata, Steven Melendez, Ilja Mironov, Silas Stubbs, Janek Savolainen, Takuya Sumitomo, Rita Dolgihh, Ruslan Stepanov, Marika Aidla, Maarja Paugus, Raminta Rudžionyte, Guy William Burden, Valentine Legat, Kristina Markevičiute, Alens Piskunovs, Anthony Maloney, Colin Thomas Maggs, Anna Shircliff, Julia Litvinenko, Daniil Kolmin, Rebecca Peters, Emily Hughes, Fenella Cook, Rosamund Ford, Laura Quin, Milena Tuominen, Julia Kaškovskaja, Matthew Jordan, Vjatšeslav Ladoškin, Vladimirs Latišonoks, Daniel Szybkowski, Elias Girod, Janika Suurmets, Annika Kaasik, Milvi Luik, Viktor Mägi, Inge Õunapuu, Endel Kroon, Luule Veziko, Tarmo Teekivi, Maire Saar, Margus Toode, Anne Vilt, Uku-Markus Simmermann, Liina Tordik, Ivar Saks

Presented with one interval.
Running Time:

2:25

Performances:

The light-hearted and optimistic village atmosphere of the first act is contrasted to the mysterious and dramatic atmosphere of the second act in which Wilis – the spirits of girls who died before their wedding night and from whose ritual dances no living soul can escape alive – are predominant in a forest covered with a misty veil. Atonement can only be brought about by the love that conquers all.

With the premiere of Giselle in 1841 in the Paris Opera Theatre, romantic ballet achieved its most perfect and complex form. Because of its diversity of dances and dramatic nuances it is one of the most challenging ballets both for the soloists and for the corps de ballet.

The premiere on 2 February 2007 in the Grand Building of the Vanemuine.

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