Giselle is the classic ballet of the Romantic era. It transformed the dance world when it was first performed in Paris in 1841 and remains at the centre of the classical repertory. Giselle’s essence has remained the same through many different productions in well over a century of continuous performance. Peter Wright’s production for The Royal Ballet is based on Marius Petipa’s classic version (after the original 1841 choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli), which was first staged in St Petersburg in 1884.
Ballet in two acts
Music by Adolphe Adam, revised by Joseph Horovitz
Libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy, based on the work De l'Allemagne (1835) by Heinrich Heine
Choreography by Marius Petipa, based on Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
A Peter Wright production
Production of the Royal Opera House
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet
Artistic team
Conductor | Boris Gruzin
Choreographers | Marius Petipa, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot
Additional choreographer | Peter Wright
Designs | John MacFarlane
Original lighting designer | Jennifer Tipton
Recreation | David Finn
Concert master | Peter Manning
Cast
Giselle | Natalia Osipova
Albrecht | Carlos Acosta
Hilarion | Thomas Whitehead
Wilfred | Johannes Stepanek
Berthe | Deirdre Chapman
The Duke of Courland | Christopher Saunders
Bathilde | Christina Arestis
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