Giselle / by Adolphe Adam ; libretto by Théophile Gautier and Vernoy de Saint-Georges ; Unitel presents ; a film by Hugo Niebeling ; directed by Hugo Niebeling and David Blair ; a production of Unitel GmbH & Co. KG and TVE.
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Publication Info | Hamburg, [Germany] : Deutsche Grammophon, ©2005. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Lanchbery, John conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Niebeling, Hugo, director. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Oliver, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Blair, David, director, choreographer. |
| Other author/creator | Fracci, Carla dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Lander, Toni, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Marks, Bruce, 1937- dancer. |
| Other author/creator | D'Antuono, Eleanor, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Kivitt, Ted, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Saint-Georges, Henri, 1799-1875 librettist. |
| Included Work | Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856. Giselle. |
| Included Work | Blair, David, 1932-1976. Giselle. |
| Other author/creator | American Ballet Theatre. |
| Other author/creator | Deutsches Opernhaus Berlin. Orchester. |
| Other author/creator | Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH. |
| Other author/creator | Televisión Española. |
| Other author/creator | Deutsche Grammophon (Firm) |
| Abstract | The ballet takes its inspiration from the Slavic legend of the "Wilis" as described in the poems of Heinrich Heine. Giselle, a simple peasant girl driven to madness and death through an unhappy love, becomes a ghost ordered to destroy the man who betrayed her, yet seeks to sustain him because of her undying love. |
| General note | Program notes (8 p.) inserted in container. |
| Credits | Music by Adolphe Adam ; choreography by David Blair, after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot ; based on the American Ballet Theatre production of Giselle, as produced on the stage by Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith ; stage version directed by David Blair ; libretto, Théophile Gautier & Vernoy de Saint-Georges. |
| Cast | Carla Fracci, Erik Bruhn, Toni Lander, Bruce Marks, Eleanor D'Antuono, Ted Kivitt and other members of the American Ballet Theatre ; Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, John Lanchbery, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Filmed at Madrid, Bronston Studios, 10 & 11/1968. |
| Technical details | DVD, NTSC; region 0. |
| Genre/form | Filmed ballets. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| UPC | 044007340691 |
| Publisher number | B0004760-09 Deutsche Grammophon |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Music Media - Ask at Circulation Desk | DVD-1021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |