Pas de deux – GISELLE Adam – Polish National Ballet

The Willis sentence Albrecht (Vladimir Yaroshenko) to dance until he dies. He pleads with Myrtha for mercy, but she coldly refuses. Giselle (Chinara Alizade) begs for his life to be spared but is forced to make him dance with her until he collapses from exhaustion.

Giselle, which was first performed in 1841 in Paris (and in Warsaw in 1848), is the ultimate romantic ballet, a product of the French romantics longing for an idealised female presence on the ballet stage. This vision set a standard for all the romantic ballets to come. Having women dance en pointe was meant to serve this very purpose; an impressive dance technique inspiring great art, putting the revered female figure at its centre. For this 2022 production, Polish National Ballet have meticulously recreated their designs from 1968 and 1976 by the late Andrzej Kreutz Majewski, whose sets and costumes excellently convey the romantic atmosphere of the French masterpiece. Based on the canonical choreography by Marius Petipa, the production is overseen by Maina Gielgud, once a star of European ballet stages, later the head of the Australian Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet. Danced by some of the greatest ballerinas of all time, Giselle is pastoral charm, touching drama, and ephemerality to savour at Christmas on OperaVision.

Streamed on OperaVision on 26 December 2022 at 15:00 CET and available until 26 June 2023:

CAST

Giselle - a young peasant girl
Chinara Alizade

Duke Albrecht of Silesia - in disguise as peasant Loys
Vladimir Yaroshenko

Hilarion - gamekeeper in love with Giselle
Kristóf Szabó

Wilfried - menservant of Duke Albrecht
Carlos Martín Pérez

Prince of Courtland
Wojciech Ślęzak

Bathilde - his dauther and Duke Albrecht’s fiancée
Irina Wasilewska

Berthe - mother of Giselle
Marta Fiedler

Peasant Pas de deux
Mai Kageyama
Diogo de Oliveira

Myrtha - the queen of the Willis
Natalia Pasiut

Willi 1.
Yume Okano

Willi 2.
Mai Kageyama

Ballet
Polish National Ballet

Orchestra
Polish National Opera Orchestra

Music
Adolphe Adam

Choreography
Jean Coralli
Jules Perrot

Director
Maina Gielgud

Conductor
Patrick Fournillier

Sets and costumes
Andrzej Kreutz Majewski

Set design adaptation
Małgorzata Szabłowska

Costume design adaptation
Katarzyna Rott

Lighting
Maciej Igielski

Film director
Ewa Krasucka

Sound
Emilian Rymarowicz

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