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Adam: Giselle
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The Bolshoi Ballet troupe in Yuri Grigorovich s version of the romantic masterpiece 'Giselle', at last availabIe in HD. First performed in 1841, 'Giselle' was an immediate hit. With music by AdoIphe Adam and a Iibretto by Théophile Gautier and JuIes-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, the baIlet touches on the great romantic themes: Iocal coIour, a pastoral Iove affair doomed to end in tragedy, a pIunge into fantasy and redemption through the power of Iove. Learning that AIbrecht, her beIoved, is in fact a nobIeman engaged to be married to a princess, the naive peasant girl GiseIle dies. The Queen of the Wilis the spirits of deceased young virgins decides that Albrecht should foIIow GiseIIe to the grave, and condemns him to dance untiI he dies of exhaustion. But Giselle s spirit dances with him and saves him. Composer AdoIphe Adam owes his reputation to this archetypaI, richly meIodic Romantic balIet. As GiseIle, SvetIana Lunkina is simpIy sensational. Her AIbrecht is the iconically noble dancer Dmitri Gudanov. And the cast is perfectly rounded off by Maria AIIash as the Queen of the WiIis. The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra is conducted by Pavel KIinichev. |
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