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Choreographer: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
Composer: Adolph Adam
Set designer: Hugh Stevenson
Costume designer: Hugh Stevenson
Rambert premiere: 11 Jul 1946, Ballet Rambert
World premiere: 28 Jun 1841, Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, Salle Le Peletier, Paris, France
Work note: 'Giselle' entered the Ballet Rambert repertoire in two stages: first, Act II on 31 July 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; second, the full two-act ballet on 11 July 1946 at Sadler's Wells. In 1965, a new production premiered on 15 April at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham (it was produced by David Ellis, but he was not credited in the programme). As was customary at the time, this two-act ballet was always offered as part of a mixed bill, with a short dance work performed before or after it.
Production note: Book by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier and Jean Coralli
Revival credits: NEW PRODUCTION, 15 April 1965, Theatre Royal Nottingham:
Producer: David Ellis
Choreography reproduced by Joyce Graeme
Set designer: Peter Farmer
Costume designer: Peter Farmer
Lighting designer: Peter Farmer
Music orchestrated by Richard Arnell
Note: 'The producers wish to acknowledge ... the kind assistance of Miss Mary Skeaping for the reproduction of the Fugue in Act II'.
Music title: Giselle (1841)
Music details: Live music: chamber orchestra
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0138; WORK/0134; WORK/0185