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.
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Stars: Svetlana Lunkina, Dmitry Gudanov, Vitaly Biktimirov, Maria Allash, Elena Bukanova, Ekaterina Barykina
Crew: Vincent Bataillon (Director), Adolphe Adam (Original Music Composer), Pavel Klinichev (Conductor), Jean Coralli (Choreographer), Jules Perrot (Choreographer), Marius Petipa (Choreographer)
Country: Russia
Language: No Language
Studio: Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater
Runtime: 109 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 23, 2011
IMDb: 10
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