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 Giselle

Dmitry Gudanov Albrecht

Vitaly Biktimirov Hans

Maria Allash Myrtha

Elena Bukanova Berthe

Ekaterina Barykina Bathilde

Victoria Osipova Two Wilis

Olga Kishnyova Two Wilis

Alexei Loparevich Duke Vladislav Lantratov Wilfreed

Chinara Alizade Peasants pas de deux

Andrei Bolotin Peasants pas de deux

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