ballet "Giselle"

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The ballet "Giselle" is a cornerstone of the Romantic ballet repertoire, telling the tragic story of a peasant girl who dies of a broken heart and joins a supernatural sisterhood of vengeful spirits.

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instanceOf Romantic ballet ⓘ
ballet ⓘ
act1Setting rustic Rhineland village ⓘ
act2Feature corps de ballet of Wilis in white tutus ⓘ
act2Setting forest glade near Giselle’s grave ⓘ
balletCompanyRepertoire American Ballet Theatre ⓘ
Bolshoi Ballet ⓘ
Mariinsky Ballet ⓘ
Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ
Royal Ballet ⓘ
linked to: The Royal Ballet
balletType white act ballet ⓘ
centralEvent Albrecht’s confrontation with the Wilis ⓘ
Giselle’s mad scene and death from a broken heart ⓘ
characterType gamekeeper ⓘ
nobleman in disguise ⓘ
peasant girl ⓘ
queen of the Wilis ⓘ
choreographer Jean Coralli ⓘ
Jules Perrot ⓘ
composer Adolphe Adam ⓘ
genre Romantic ballet ⓘ
narrative ballet ⓘ
historicalSignificance cornerstone of the Romantic ballet repertoire ⓘ
one of the most frequently performed classical story ballets ⓘ
librettist Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges ⓘ
Théophile Gautier ⓘ
mainCharacter Albrecht ⓘ
Giselle ⓘ
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Hilarion ⓘ
Myrtha ⓘ
numberOfActs 2 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
plotSummary A peasant girl falls in love with a nobleman disguised as a villager, goes mad and dies when she discovers his betrothal to another, and later protects him from vengeful spirits in the afterlife. ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereCountry France ⓘ
premiereDate 1841-06-28 ⓘ
premierePlace Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris ⓘ
settingPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
settingPlace Rhenish village ⓘ
standardRole role of Albrecht ⓘ
role of Myrtha ⓘ
title role of Giselle ⓘ
supernaturalElement Wilis ⓘ
supernaturalGroupDescription spirits of young women who died before their wedding ⓘ
technicalDemand features demanding allegro and adagio passages ⓘ
requires strong acting and dramatic range for the ballerina ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
love ⓘ
madness ⓘ
supernatural vengeance ⓘ
title Giselle ⓘ
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Bolshoi Ballet → notableProduction → Giselle ⓘ
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American Ballet Theatre → repertoireIncludes → Giselle ⓘ
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Mariinsky Ballet → notableProduction → Giselle ⓘ
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The Royal Ballet → repertoireIncludes → Giselle ⓘ
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Royal Winnipeg Ballet → hasRepertoire → Giselle ⓘ
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Royal New Zealand Ballet → notableProduction → Giselle ⓘ
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Giselle → title → Giselle ⓘ
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Giselle → mainCharacter → Giselle ⓘ
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Enchanted → mainCharacter → Giselle ⓘ
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The Australian Ballet → repertoireIncludes → Giselle ⓘ
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Salle Le Peletier → hostedPremiereOf → Giselle ⓘ
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Alicia Alonso → notableWork → Giselle (interpretation) ⓘ
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Ballet Nacional de Cuba → notableWork → Giselle ⓘ
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Carlos Acosta → notableRole → Albrecht in Giselle ⓘ
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Disenchanted → character → Giselle ⓘ
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Royal Swedish Ballet → hasRepertoire → Giselle ⓘ
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Gelsey Kirkland → notableRole → Giselle in Giselle ⓘ
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Anna Pavlova → notableWork → Giselle ⓘ
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American Ballet Theatre → performs → Giselle ⓘ
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Francesca Hayward → notableWork → Giselle (Royal Ballet production) ⓘ
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Vaslav Nijinsky → notableWork → Giselle (performance) ⓘ
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Mikhailovsky Theatre → notableProduction → Giselle ⓘ
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Rudolf Nureyev → notablePerformance → Giselle with Margot Fonteyn ⓘ
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Tamara Rojo → notableWork → Giselle (title role) ⓘ
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Natalia Makarova → notableRole → Giselle in Giselle ⓘ
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Ulyana Lopatkina → notableRole → Giselle in Giselle ⓘ
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Diana Vishneva → notableWork → Giselle ⓘ
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Ekaterina Maximova → notableWork → Giselle (title role) ⓘ
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Ekaterina Maximova → notableRole → Giselle ⓘ
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ABT → notableProduction → Giselle ⓘ
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Julie Kent → notableRole → Giselle in Giselle ⓘ
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Angel Corella → performedIn → Giselle ⓘ
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Le Villi → influencedBy → French Romantic ballet Giselle ⓘ
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Giselle Itié → givenName → Giselle ⓘ
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Margot Fonteyn → notableWork → Giselle ⓘ
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Sylvie Guillem → notableWork → Giselle ⓘ
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Adolphe Adam → notableWork → Giselle ⓘ
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Adolphe Adam → composed → Giselle ⓘ
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Marianela Núñez → notableWork → Giselle ⓘ
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Wilis → associatedWithWork → the ballet "Giselle" ⓘ
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Akram Khan → choreographed → Giselle (English National Ballet, 2016 production) ⓘ
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Alexei Ratmansky → notableWork → Giselle (Bolshoi Ballet production) ⓘ
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