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Giselle
Palais Garnier - from 02 May to 01 June 2024
On sale 17 October 2023 from 12 p.m
Giselle
Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot
On sale 17 October 2023 from 12 p.m
Palais Garnier - from 02 May to 01 June 2024
2h10 with 1 interval
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Pre-opening for the young : 29 Apr. 2024
Opening night : 2 May 2024
About
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In few words:
Diaphanous tutus, pointe shoes, white gauze, tulle: Giselle marks the pinnacle of romanticism. In a bucolic landscape, a young girl dies of love and is transformed into a spirit that haunts the forest. Taken in by the Wilis, she enters an ethereal world where dance is the language of the soul. Her lover Albrecht, distraught, pursues this ghost at the risk of his life. The ballerinas, with their aerial presence, defy him just as they do gravity. The mist-shrouded set reveals spectral visions enhanced by Adolphe Adam’s bewitching score. Premiered at the Royal Academy of Music on 28 June 1841, the ballet travelled to Russia and disappeared from the repertoire before its return to France in 1910. Today, in Patrice Bart and Eugène Polyakov’s version, faithful to the original choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, the ballet continues to offer us its magic.
CHARACTERS
Albrecht: Duke of Silesia. Already betrothed to Princess Bathilde, he seduces Giselle during the harvest season.
Myrtha: Queen of the Wilis, spirits of young maidens who have died before their wedding day. At night, they lure men into a deadly dance.
Hilarion: The village gamekeeper who is in love with Giselle. He reveals Albrecht’s true identity then dies, punished by the Wilis.
- Opening
- First Part 50 mn
- Intermission 20 mn
- Second Part 50 mn
- End
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Giselle
Ballet en deux actes (1841)
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