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

ARKAT ASHIRBEK

Hans, gamekeeper

AMIR ZHEKSENBEK

Berthe, mother of Giselle

MALIKA USENOVA (first performance)

Bathilde, Albrecht's fiancée

AIGUL DUISEKOVA

Duke of Courland, father of Bathilde

DAUREN ZHENIS

Wilfred, squire

AZIZ ESENBAEV

Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis

ADIYA MANABASOVA

Pas de deux

NURAY NURSAFINA, (first performance), DANIYAR RYSKUL, (first performance)

Peasants, courtiers, hunters, servants– ballet dancers

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

Conductor – RENAT SALAVATOV, People's Artist of Tatarstan

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