M/K Giselle (7pm-St. Petersburg)

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Giselle

fantasy ballet in two acts

Music: Adolphe Adam

Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa

Yevgeny Ivanchenko

Yulia Bolshakova

Conducted by Mikhail Sinkevich

The II festival Maslenitsa

Libretto: Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier and Jean Coralli

Set design: Igor Ivanov

Costume design: Irina Press

Production reconstruction consultant (1978): Yuri Slonimsky

World premiere: 28 June 1841, Théâtre de l´Academie Royal de Musique, Paris

Premiere in St Petersburg: 18 December 1842, Bolshoi Theatre

Premiere Marius Petipa´s version: 5 February 1884, Bolshoi Theatre, St´Petersburg

Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes