Giselle
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Giselle, originally titled Giselle, ou les Wilis, is a romantic ballet in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it was first performed
Carlotta Grisi in the first act of Giselle (1842)
Anna Pavlova as Giselle (before 1931)
Vaslav Nijinsky as Albrecht, 1910
The Ballet of the Nuns in the Salle Le Peletier, 1831
Carlotta Grisi
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Carlotta Grisi was an Italian ballet dancer, especially noted for her performance in the classic role of Giselle.
Giselle
…was first performed by the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris on 28 June 1841, with Italian ballerina Carlotta Grisi as Giselle. It became hugely popular and was subsequently staged across Europe, Russia and the United States. The ghost-filled ballet tells the tragic…
Lithograph of Grisi in the title role of Adam's Giselle, Paris, 1841
"The Opera Polka as danced by Mlle. Caroltta Grisi & Mons. Perrot" by Cesare Pugni (Boston: William H. Oakes, c. 1840s)
Saint-Jean, the district of Geneva in which Grisi retired in 1856