Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle

Overview

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

N/A

Elena Bukanova

Berthe

N/A

Ekaterina Barykina

Bathilde

N/A

Victoria Osipova

Two Wilis

N/A

Olga Kishnyova

Two Wilis

Alexei Loparevich

Duke

Vladislav Lantratov

Wilfreed

Chinara Alizade

Peasants pas de deux

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Andrei Bolotin

Peasants pas de deux