Giselle [videorecording] / BBC Production in association with Royal Opera House, Covent Gardens ; choreography by Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot ; BBC director & executive producer, Ross Mc Gibbon ; director, Monica Mason ; producer, Andy King-Dabbs

Published:: East Sussex, UK : Opus Arte, 2008.
Edition:: Widescreen ed.
Physical Description:: 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + Program notes (27 pages ; illustrations).
Additional Creators:: Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856, Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, British Broadcasting Corporation, and Opus Arte (Firm)

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Summary:

The story of a peasant girl (Giselle) who goes mad and dies of a broken heart when she discovers that her beloved is a nobleman betrothed to another.

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Creation/Production Credits Note:

Music by Adolphe Adam, revised by Joseph Horovitz ; editor for BBC, Tom Jones.

Participant/Performer Note:

Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Martin Harvey, Marianela Nuñez ; Royal Ballet ; the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; conductor, Boris Gruzin.

Data/Place of Event:

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, January 2006.

Technical Details:

DVD, all regions, NTSC, 16/9 anamorphic, LPCM stereo.

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