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Giselle

Jean Coralli - Jules Perrot

Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala's Academy
Teatro alla Scala production

From 26 April to 4 May 2013

Running Time: 2 hours 05 minutes intermissions included

Notes on the performancesOpen: A sunny world of simple parties, spontaneous joy, and a mysterious, dark and terrible world in which spirits reign. A story of love, betrayal and redemption in which the protagonists have to alter the technical and expressive register in the choreographic development from happiness to desperation, from carefree self-mastery to awareness that life has no purpose without love.

Giselle encompasses all the elements of the romantic ballet, lifting them into a universal story and a structure that exemplifies tradition. The Coralli-Perrot masterpiece, with the settings by Aleksandr Benois from La Scala’s repertoire, lives on in the choreographic version staged by Yvette Chauviré, who with the refinement of roles like Giselle has managed to enhance classical tradition in all its purity.

Direction

Choreography: Jean Coralli - Jules Perrot
Choreographic revival: Yvette Chauviré
Music: Adolphe Adam
Conductor: Alessandro Ferrari
Sets and costumes: Aleksandr Benois
recreated by: Angelo Sala and Cinzia Rosselli

Étoiles

Svetlana Zakharova: (26, 28, 30s Apr.)
Roberto Bolle: (26, 28, 30s Apr.)

Detailed cast

Friday 26 April - 8 pm

Giselle: Svetlana Zakharova
Albrecht: Roberto Bolle
Duke of Courland: Giuseppe Conte
Princess Bathilde: Beatrice Carbone
Giselle’s mother: Deborah Gismondi
Hilarion: Mick Zeni
Wilfried: Riccardo Massimi
Hunter: Matthew Endicott
Peasant Pas de deux: Vittoria Valerio, Antonino Sutera
Giselle’s friends: Denise Gazzo, Christelle Cennerelli, Brigida Bossoni, Lara Montanaro, Giulia Schembri, Marta Gerani
Myrtha, Queen of the Willis: Virna Toppi
Two Willis: Emanuela Montanari, Beatrice Carbone
and Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

Saturday 27 April - 8 pm

Giselle: Petra Conti
Albrecht: Eris Nezha
Duke of Courland: Riccardo Massimi
Princess Bathilde: Emanuela Montanari
Giselle’s mother: Monica Vaglietti
Hilarion: Alessandro Grillo
Wilfried: Maurizio Licitra
Hunter: Matthew Endicott
Peasant Pas de deux: Vittoria Valerio, Federico Fresi
Giselle’s friends: Denise Gazzo, Christelle Cennerelli, Brigida Bossoni, Lara Montanaro, Giulia Schembri, Marta Gerani
Myrtha, Queen of the Willis: Sofia Rosolini
Two Willis: Vittoria Valerio, Beatrice Carbone
and Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

Sunday 28 April - 3 pm

Giselle: Svetlana Zakharova
Albrecht: Roberto Bolle
Duke of Courland: Giuseppe Conte
Princess Bathilde: Beatrice Carbone
Giselle’s mother: Deborah Gismondi
Hilarion: Mick Zeni
Wilfried: Riccardo Massimi
Hunter: Matthew Endicott
Peasant Pas de deux: Vittoria Valerio, Antonino Sutera
Giselle’s friends: Denise Gazzo, Christelle Cennerelli, Brigida Bossoni, Lara Montanaro, Giulia Schembri, Marta Gerani
Myrtha, Queen of the Willis: Virna Toppi
Two Willis: Emanuela Montanari, Beatrice Carbone
and Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

Tuesday 30 April - 2.30 pm

Giselle: Lusymay Di Stefano
Albrecht: Antonino Sutera
Duke of Courland: Riccardo Massimi
Princess Bathilde: Sabina Galasso
Giselle’s mother: Adeline Souletie
Hilarion: Alessandro Grillo
Wilfried: Maurizio Licitra
Hunter: Matthew Endicott
Peasant Pas de deux: Denise Gazzo, Marco Agostino
Giselle’s friends: Stefania Ballone, Christelle Cennerelli, Brigida Bossoni, Lara Montanaro, Giulia Schembri, Marta Gerani
Myrtha, Queen of the Willis: Sofia Rosolini
Two Willis: Luana Saullo, Alessandra Vassallo
and Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

Tuesday 30 April - 8 pm

Giselle: Svetlana Zakharova
Albrecht: Roberto Bolle
Duke of Courland: Giuseppe Conte
Princess Bathilde: Beatrice Carbone
Giselle’s mother: Deborah Gismondi
Hilarion: Mick Zeni
Wilfried: Riccardo Massimi
Hunter: Matthew Endicott
Peasant Pas de deux: Vittoria Valerio, Federico Fresi
Giselle’s friends: Stefania Ballone, Christelle Cennerelli, Brigida Bossoni, Lara Montanaro, Giulia Schembri, Marta Gerani
Myrtha, Queen of the Willis: Nicoletta Manni
Two Willis: Emanuela Montanari, Antonella Albano
and Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

Friday 3 May - 8 pm

Giselle: Petra Conti
Albrecht: Eris Nezha
Duke of Courland: Riccardo Massimi
Princess Bathilde: Emanuela Montanari
Giselle’s mother: Monica Vaglietti
Hilarion: Massimo Garon
Wilfried: Maurizio Licitra
Hunter: Matthew Endicott
Peasant Pas de deux: Vittoria Valerio, Antonino Sutera
Giselle’s friends: Denise Gazzo, Christelle Cennerelli, Brigida Bossoni, Lara Montanaro, Giulia Schembri, Marta Gerani
Myrtha, Queen of the Willis: Virna Toppi
Two Willis: Vittoria Valerio, Beatrice Carbone
and Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

Saturday 4 May - 8 pm

Giselle: Lusymay Di Stefano
Albrecht: Claudio Coviello
Duke of Courland: Riccardo Massimi
Princess Bathilde: Sabina Galasso
Giselle’s mother: Adeline Souletie
Hilarion: Marco Agostino
Wilfried: Maurizio Licitra
Hunter: Matthew Endicott
Peasant Pas de deux: Denise Gazzo, Federico Fresi
Giselle’s friends: Stefania Ballone, Christelle Cennerelli, Brigida Bossoni, Lara Montanaro, Giulia Schembri, Marta Gerani
Myrtha, Queen of the Willis: Nicoletta Manni
Two Willis: Vittoria Valerio e Beatrice Carbone
and Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

ON STAGE

April 2013

May 2013

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