Posted
on June 28, 2016
Do
you love romantic tragedies?
I
personally do not! I prefer romantic comedies. Everybody lives,
everybody laughs! However, there have been many great romantic
tragedies among all sorts of art forms – in books, movies, plays,
operas, and ballets.
On
this date in 1841, the ballet Giselle had its first
performance in Paris.
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| This is the Theatre de l'Academie Royale de Musique in Paris, where Giselle premiered. |
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| The story is set in Germany. |
Giselle
is a peasant girl who discovers that the boy she loves is going to
marry someone else. She has such a broken heart that she dies. Then a
group of supernatural women called the Wilis call Giselle up from her
grave. They are going to take revenge on the young man she'd loved by
dancing him to his death – it's what they do, apparently! But
Giselle's love is true, and she doesn't want revenge; her pure heart
saves the young man from the Wilis.
Giselle
was a huge success. It was immediately staged all across three
continents (Europe, North America and Asia – as in Russia).
You
can check out the entire ballet here, if you have interest and
a couple of hours to indulge it; I recommend this super short trailer to get a good taste in a short time.
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