The Mikhailovsky Ballet Visiting Company: Giselle, Ou Les Wilis at London Coliseum
Overview
Starring: Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev. The stage life of Giselle hasn’t been an easy one. After its premiere of 1841 featuring Carlotta Grisi and Lucien Petipa, the ballet was performed in France till 1863, when it disappeared from the repertoire. The ballet has been staged in St.Petersburg since 1842. At the beginning of the 20th century during the ground-breaking Diaghilev’s Russian Seasons, the French saw their national ballet, faithfully nurtured in Russia.
- Director:
- Valery Ovsyannikov
- Producer:
- The Mikhailovsky Ballet Visiting Company
- Choreographer:
- Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
- Composer:
- Libretto, Gautier, Coralli
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- (3mins) Take Cranbourn Street until St Martin’s Lane, where you head right until you reach the theatre.
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