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, will be the special guest of the ballet’s last two performances next February
TIRANA, Jan. 20 – Considered one of the greatest international romantic ballets, Giselle, a ballet by French composer Adolphe Adam, retuned this week at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet with choreography by late Albanian maestro Agro Aliaj.
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 are the protagonists even in this restage of the romantic ballet in two acts.
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, will be the special guest of the ballet’s last two performances next February.
After showing on January 21 and 22, the ballet is scheduled to make three other performances on January 26, and February 8 and 9.
Originally choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, Giselle was first presented by the Ballet du Thꣴre de l’Acadꮩe 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 Th갰hile 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.
