Moscow City Ballet
Moscow City Ballet "Giselle" Friday 5 April
After the closing session, on Friday evening, April the 5th, 2019, the performance of Moscow City Ballet "Giselle" will take place.
The place: Main Auditorium, ICE Congress Center, Krakow
Time: 7 p.m.
Moscow City Ballet is among top worldclass ballets
G I S E L L E
M U S I C: Adolphe Adam
V E R S I O N AND D I R E C T I O N: Victor Smirnov-Golovanov
C H O R E O G R A P H Y: Jules Perro, Jean Correli, Marius Petipa, Leonid Lavrovsky, Victor Smirnov-Golovanov
D E S I G N E R: Elisaveta Dvorkina, Natalia Povago
C O S T U M E S: Elisaveta Dvorkina, Natalia Povago
RUNNING TIMES: ACT 1: 70 minutes; ACT 2: 50 minutes;
Moscow City Ballet is one of the world’s most prestigious touring ballet companies. We showcase some of the greatest productions of the Russian and Soviet ballet heritage, from the classics, such as The Swan Lake and the Giselle to the children’s favourites, such as The Nutcracker and Cinderella. We keep the magic going!
A C T O N E
In a small picturesque village in the Rhine Valley in Germany, the villagers celebrate the grape harvest and meet at a different house each day to taste the new wine. We find them gathered at the cottage of the peasant girl Giselle. Count Albrecht, the Duke of Silesia, has fallen in love with Giselle and disguises himself as a peasant huntsman in order to court her.
Hilarion, a gamekeeper, also loves Giselle. He suspects the true identity of his rival and warns Giselle to be wary of the stranger.
The peasants return with the last gathering of the grapes and join in a dance with Giselle and the disguised Count Albrecht. Laughing off her mother’s fear that the passion for dancing may be the death of her delicate daughter, Giselle is crowned Queen of the Vine.
A hunting party led by the Duke of Courland stops at Giselle’s cottage to rest and to taste the new wine. The Duke’s daughter Bathilde who is betrothed to Count Albrecht is among them. Hilarion, learning of Albrecht’s engagement reveals the truth to Giselle. The shock is too great for Giselle to bear and she loses her mind and dies heartbroken.
A C T T W O
It is midnight and in a forest clearing around a pool is the grave of Giselle, marked by a cross. This is the supernatural world of the Wilis, the ghosts of young women have died of a broken heart as a consequence of betrayal by their faithless lovers. At midnight the Wilis appear in their bridal dresses, to waylay unwary men who enter the forest and dance them to death.
Hilarion and Count Albrecht come to grieve at Giselle’s grave repenting that they participated in her tragic death. The Wilis are commanded by their Queen Myrtha to dance with the two men. Hilarion cannot escape their spell and dies, but Giselle’s deep abiding love protects Albrecht from Myrtha and her attendants. He dances until dawn when the power of the Wilis fades and they disappear, as Albrecht takes his final leave of Giselle forever.
Seat selection and online ticket purchase at the following link:
https://sklep.ebilet.pl/en/4222124650660753
ticket prices (approximate price in euro):
129 PLN (30 EUR)
149 PLN (35 EUR)
169 PLN (40 EUR)
More information on the performance please find at:
https://moscowcityballet.com/about/
