Giselle - Ballet - Season 23/24 Programming - Opéra national de Paris

On sale 17 October 2023 from 12 p.m

  • Ballet

    Giselle

    Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot

    Palais Garnier - from 02 May to 01 June 2024

    On sale 17 October 2023 from 12 p.m

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Giselle

Palais Garnier - from 02 May to 01 June 2024

On sale 17 October 2023 from 12 p.m

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Ballet

Giselle

Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot

On sale 17 October 2023 from 12 p.m

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Palais Garnier - from 02 May to 01 June 2024

2h10 with 1 interval

  • Pre-opening for the young : 29 Apr. 2024

    Opening night : 2 May 2024

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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

Giselle: A young peasant girl. She falls in love with Loys, who turns out to be Duke Albrecht. Consumed by madness, she dies of a broken heart at the end of Act I.
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

Media coverage

  • A lavishly danced romantic choreography.

    Le Figaro, 2019
  • At the Palais Garnier, an ardent company takes «Giselle» to the top.

    Le Monde, 2019
  • There is a "Giselle" miracle: you never tire of this ultimate romantic ballet.

    Les Échos, 2016
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