GISELLE

GISELLE

MARIUS PETIPA / ADOLPHE ADAM

Music Adolphe Adam, with additions by Friedrich Burgmüller and Boris Asafyev

Available for on-demand streaming from 27 March until 27 November 2026

Στο https://www.nationalopera.gr/GNOTV/en

Ballet

Ticket: 10€

The Greek National Opera Ballet presents on GNO TV a new, classical production of Giselle, the Romantic ballet set to Adolphe Adam's enchanting music. Marius Petipa's timeless choreography is revived by distinguished choreographers Verónica Villar and Elena Iglesias.

Giselle is a cornerstone of the ballet repertoire. The title role has been described as "the Hamlet of ballet", serving both as a formidable challenge and as a defining milestone for a classical ballerina. From its first presentation at the Paris Opéra in 1841 to this day, Giselle continues to captivate and move audiences across the globe. Petipa's classical choreography preserves its freshness intact, exploring human frailty, betrayal, and the mourning that can only be overcome through selfless love-a love that transcends death, protecting and nurturing life itself.

The story of Giselle begins to unfold when Count Albrecht presents himself to the young peasant girl Giselle as a simple villager, and she innocently falls in love with him. When she discovers both his true identity and that he is betrothed to another woman, she loses her sanity and takes her own life. Deep in the forest, beneath the light of the full moon, the spirits of maidens betrayed by their lovers-the Wilis-return on their wedding night seeking revenge, transformed into ethereal beings. Every man who crosses their path must dance with them until he collapses lifeless. The repentant Albrecht is drawn into their deadly calling, but Giselle intervenes in his all-night ordeal, sustaining him until dawn, when the Wilis' power wanes. She forgives him and returns to her eternal existence as a spirit, leaving him inconsolable.

Choreography revival, adaptation: Verónica Villar, Elena Iglesias, based on Marius Petipa's original choreography (according to Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot)

Conductor: José Salazar
Sets, costumes: Dido Gogkou
Lighting: Eleftheria Deko

Giselle: Elisabeth Tonev
Count Albrecht: Julian MacKay
Hilarion: Vangelis Bikos
Wilfred: Yannis Benetos
Berthe: Emilia Gaspari
The Duke of Courland: Igor Siadzko
Bathilde: Christina Makridou
Peasant pas de deux: Angelos Antoniou - Marita Nikolitsa, Manex Alberdi - Cecilia Hatziemmanouil, Stefano Pietragalla - Areti Noti, Yorgos Hatzopoulos - Carla Ruiz García
Giselle's friends: Anna Frangou, Olga Markari, Marita Nikolitsa, Areti Noti, Eleftheria Stamou, Zoi Schoinoplokaki
Peasants: Maria Elpida Vassilopoulou, Maria Pichler-Gaspari, Georgia Dimou, Magda Koukou-Ferra, Nefeli Dali, Despina Chrysostomou
Manex Alberdi, Angelos Antoniou, Yannis Gantsios, Yannis Mitrakis, Daniele Pecorari, Stefano Pietragalla, Yorgos Hatzopoulos
Hunters: Blendi Latifi - Vicky Tsiroyanni, Esmeraldo Bitro - Vicky Bourcha, Hector Bollano - Mania Karavassili, Nikos Moschis - Cleopatra Aneroussou
Elderly peasants: Florian-Michalis Pappas, Dimitris Ferras, Despina Bisbiki, Ilir Sipri, Evi Karpouzi
Kids: Despina Christopoulou, Ekaterini Dousikou, Nefeli Kollia, Alexandra Konstantinidi, Phaedra Kourli, Margarita Linchour, Anna Nathanael, Theseus Miligkos- Kontarinis, Athanasios Pappas, Melina Spiliopoulou, Alexandra Tartara, Sophia Tsiroyanni, Nafsika Mio Vratsanou
Myrtha: Olga Markari
Moyna: Anna Frangou, Carla Ruiz García, Eleftheria Stamou
Zulma: Carla Ruiz García, Areti Noti, Cecilia HatziemmanouilWillis: Anna Frangou, Maria Elpida Vassilopoulou, Maria Pichler-Gaspari, Katerina Devetzi, Georgia Dimou, Lydia Kapouni, Magda Koukou-Ferra, Olga Markari, Fotini Mouchtouri, Sophia Nikolaou, Marita Nikolitsa, Nefeli Dali, Areti Noti, Alexandra Spanou, Eleftheria Stamou, Zoi Schoinoplokaki, Cecilia Hatziemmanouil, Despina Chrysostomou

With the Orchestra of the Greek National Opera

With a 10-euro ticket, viewers can enjoy this production from the comfort of their homes at tv.nationalopera.gr/en, at any time they choose, on their computer, ipad, TV or mobile phones. The ticket offers the possibility to access the performance for an unlimited number of times over the course of a 30-day period starting from the first streaming.

Lead Donor of the Greek National Opera and Founding Donor of the GNO TV

Stavros Niarchos Foundation