Giselle

Giselle, originally titled Giselle, ou les Wilis, is a romantic ballet in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it... Wikipedia

• Native title:  Giselle, ou les Wilis
• Choreographer:  Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot
• Music:  Adolphe Adam
• Libretto:  Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier
• Based on:  Heinrich Heine's De l'Allemagne, Victor Hugo's "Fantômes" from Les Orientales
• Premiere:  28 June 1841, Paris, France
• Original ballet company:  Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique
• Characters:  Giselle, a peasant girl, Albrecht, Duke of Silesia, Hilarion, a gamekeeper, Berthe, Giselle's mother, Bathilde, a princess, Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis
• Setting:  Rhineland during the Middle Ages
• Created for:  Carlotta Grisi
• Genre:  Romantic ballet
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo