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Adam: Giselle
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(BLU-RAY 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 Adolphe Adam and a libretto by ThéophiIe Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, the balIet touches on the great romantic themes: locaI colour, 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 folIow Giselle to the grave, and condemns him to dance until he dies of exhaustion. But Giselle s spirit dances with him and saves him. Composer AdoIphe Adam owes his reputation to this archetypaI, richly melodic Romantic baIIet. As Giselle, Svetlana Lunkina is simply sensational. Her Albrecht is the iconicalIy noble dancer Dmitri Gudanov. And the cast is perfectIy rounded off by Maria AIIash as the Queen of the Wilis. The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra is conducted by Pavel Klinichev. |
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