Details

First produced in 1841 at the Paris Opera, Giselle is perhaps the best known and most poignant ballet of the Romantic era. Set in a medieval Rhineland village, it tells of Giselle, a naive peasant girl, who is driven to suicide when deceived by her aristocratic lover, Albrecht. Filled with remorse, Albrecht visits her moonlit grave where he is condemned to death by ghostly spirits - the Wilis. However Giselle's love for Albrecht transcends death and she protects him until sunrise destroys the Wilis power and he is saved. English Youth Ballet presents an appealing and dramatic production of Giselle set on an English country estate with an 'upstairs downstairs' flavour about a young governess who is betrayed by the unfaithful Prince Albert. In her ultimate heartbreak, untimely death and afterlife her love saves him from the revenge of the Wilis.

Creatives/Company

Music: Adolphe Adam
Company: English Youth Ballet