TIRANA, June 25 – Considered one of the greatest Romantic ballets, Giselle, a ballet by Adolphe Adam, is making its comeback at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tirana this weekend on June 27 and 28
The last time Giselle was performed in Tirana was in February 2014 when Internationally renowned Albanian ballet dancer Eris Nezha and his Italian wife Petra Conti, both soloists at Milan’s La Scala and most recently at the Boston Ballet, were the special guests.
The ballet was first staged in Tirana in the late 1980s by Agron Aliaj, the great Albanian choreographer who tragically died in late 2012 after a road accident.
Soloists Gerd Vaso and Enada Hoxha were the protagonists even in this restage of the romantic ballet in two acts in 2012.
Originally choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, Giselle was first presented by the Ballet du Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris, France, on June 28, 1841.
Giselle is a ballet by Adolphe Adam. It consists of two acts, two scenes, with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier.
“Giselle is naive, vulnerable, innocent, in love, in despair, mad, forgiving and self-sacrificing … and more. Albtrecht is an insensitive, selfish man who realizes too late that he has both fallen in love and destroyed the object of his love; he shows contrition, courage and even understanding of what happens to him and around him. The supporting characters of Hilarion and Mirtha and also have wide dramatic roles, too,” says the ballet’s official website.
