A. Adam «Giselle»

GISELLE

Ballet in 2 acts

Libretto by Théophile Gautier, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Jean Coralli based on the legend by Heinrich Heine

Choreographed by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa

Cast and Performers

Giselle, peasant girl ASEL ASKAROVA

Count Albrecht ARKHAT ASHIRBEK

Hans, gamekeeper SYRYM AYUPOV

Berthe, mother of Giselle KAMILLA OMAROVA

Bathilde, Albrecht's fiancée AIGUL DUISEKOVA

Duke of Courland, father of Bathilde DAUREN ZHENIS

Wilfred, squire

AZIZ ESENBAEV

Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis NARGIZ MIRSEIDOVA

Pas de deux AKBOTA BEKBOLATOVA, ALIM SULTANBAYEV

Peasants, courtiers, hunters, servants– ballet dancers

Symphony Orchestra and Ballet of the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Company Theatre after Abay

Conductor – MUKHTAR KALDAYAKOV

Stage Conductor - YERBOLAT AKHMEDYAROV, honored worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Choreographer - YURI VASYUCHENKO, honored artist of the RSFSR

Production designer - VYACHESLAV OKUNEV, people’s artist of Russia, laureate of the State prizes of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Russia

Repetiteur – GALINA SHLYAPINA, people's artist of the RSFSR

Artistic director of the ballet company - GULZHAN TUTKIBABAYEVA, people's artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan