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  • Actors: Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nuñez, Martin Harvey
  • Directors: Marius Petipa (Choreographer);Boris Gruzin (Conductor)
  • Format: NTSC
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Opus Arte
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Sep 2008
  • Run Time: 112 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001E08TDA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,282 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Perhaps the most celebrated ballet of the Romantic era, Adolphe Adam's intoxicating ballet Giselle is the dramatic story of a peasant girl whose betrayal by her aristocratic lover causes her to go mad before dying and returning as a ghost. Featuring the fabulous Alina Cojocaru in the title role and Johan Kobborg as a torn Count Albrecht, Peter Wright's sparkling production and John Macfarlane's pastoral designs create an opulent feast for the eyes, here captured in High Definition video and true surround sound.

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Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg star in this gorgeous production of Adam's romantic ballet about a country girl who must destroy the man she loves. Performed at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London in January 2006.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful! , 5 Sep 2008
This is a wonderful performance of "Giselle." Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg dance and act wonderfully and help make the ballet's fundamental dramatic point of love and forgiveness very well.

Alina Cojocaru is a perfect Giselle. Her acting is subtle and real, and her Giselle is so vulnerable, trusting and gentle. She is not wild in her "mad scene" but simply broken-hearted, and later, as a ghost, her Giselle loses her girlishness and becomes a tender woman, still in love with Albrecht, still willing to save and forgive him in spite of all. But it is her dancing that makes this version so beautiful. During the first act, she seems to just float around on the air, and as a ghost she seems weightless.

Johan Kobborg also made a wonderful Albrecht, and his dancing is clean and precise. He continually lifts Alina as if she is made of nothing during the second act, helping us believe she really was nothing more than a ghost. He portrays Albrecht as someone genuinely smitten with Giselle, but pursuing her without thinking ahead or remembering his responsibilities. By the second act, though, he seems to be genuinely lost, repenting, and mournfully dancing with her until dawn. And as the curtain fell, I felt that Giselle's forgiveness has brought about a kind of healing for him as well as redemption. I felt he had truly repented, Johan's Albrecht, at the ballet's close.

Marianela Nuñez was cold and cruel as Myrtha, and her dancing was beautiful, graceful and measured. Martin Harvey was also great as Hilarion. Myrtha's two main attendants, danced by Deidre Chapman and Isabel McMeekan, were great and Sandra Conley and Genesia Rosato were also good as Berthe (Giselle's mother), and Bathilde.

Finally, the corps de ballet were wonderful. The peasants' dances, in the first act, and the dances of the wilis, in the second act, were wonderful to behold and shows how strong the Royal Ballet's corps de ballet is. The wilis' dancing was especially haunting, dramatic and beautiful.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cojocaru as Giselle...maybe one of the finest interpretations ever, 4 Nov 2008
Revised review Dec 02/08. (see P.P.S.)

Let me start off by saying that Giselle is my favorite ballet; I love the story, the music and the dance.

This performance was recorded in 2006 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Gardens, London and stars Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobberg in the principal roles.

This is probably the best danced and finest interpretation of this magnificent ballet I've ever seen. I initially saw this at a movie theater with about 200+ people; you could have heard a pin drop during many of the pas de deux between Cojocaru and Kobberg, they were that stirring to watch.

There was so much to like about this performance...let me elaborate,

the Pros:

1.)The costumes for the peasants, the Royal hunting party and Wilis were sumptuous; the sets for both acts were nicely conceived to display the rustic theme for the village in Act I and then the marsh scene in Act II.

2.)The principal dancers, Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg gave the performance of a lifetime. Cojocaru has such skill and grace...an easy effortlessness that holds her audience spellbound. Kobberg attains such height with his leaps and jumps that it appears as if he can defy gravity.

3.) The emotion displayed, through facial expression and body language, by both leads was perfect for the situation; their dancing techniques and skills when together, were simply breath taking. Some of the famous lifts in the Act II were, without a doubt, the best I've ever seen in any performance of Giselle.

4.) The conductor, Boris Gruzin, interpretation of Adophe Adam's music was beautifully rendered, complimenting the tone and mood of this ballet that covered both ends of the emotional spectrum.

The Cons:

About the only concern (albeit minor) for this interpretation of Giselle was with regards to the Corps de ballet. Although the dancing through out the entire ballet was excellent, some of the timing of movement and dance steps was slightly off between some couples, particularly in Act I.

Conclusion:
Simply the loveliest Giselle I've ever seen; a Giselle that literally moved me to tears. The emotions shown and skills displayed by Cojocaru during this performance were as close to perfection as anyone could ask.
5 Stars.

Ray Nicholson

P.S.
Interestingly, the program accompanying the theater performance I saw stated, 'Legend has it that she (Cojocaru) was promoted to principal at the end of the first performance'. You'll understand why when you've seen this DVD.

P.P.S.
I must admit to a grievous error on my part with my initial review, in which I criticized some of the camera shots and angles. This initial review was based on my viewing of this performance in a movie theater. The home DVD video was much better visually than the performance seen in the movie theater; better because of a much sharper picture as well as less 'close-up' camera shots. I suspect the enlargement that took place to fill an entire movie screen caused some distortion in perception of size and movement, giving the movie house performance a less than perfect visual presentation.
My apologies go out to the producers and editors of this fine DVD for my initial review based on my movie theater experience.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious Giselle, 30 Oct 2008
By Roger Smith (Cymru uk) - See all my reviews
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This is the production of Giselle by which all others should be judged,there could never be a better choice for the main part than Alina Cojocaru,in act one she dances divinely and makes you believe that she is an innocent and very naive young girl smitten by her hero,then suddenly puts on the face of a stricken girl falling into madness(superbly done),so much so that you feel her grief.Jump forward and her reappearance (from the grave)is nothing short of stupendous,and as a ghost she dances as if she were a feather,but she is not alone,Myrtha(Marianela Nunez)Queen of the ghosts is a fantastic evil presence who's dance is a show stealer in its own right,and there's even more for you in the shape of Deidre Chapman,Isobel Meekan and never forget Genesia Rosato(a talented and beautiful dancer).The male parts are equally well portrayed with Johan Kobborg as Albrecht giving a marvelous rendition his dance(and mime)are fantastic,but my heart goes out to Hilerion(Martin Harvey)who did nothing wrong other than being madly in an unrequited love and trying to show Albrecht for what he is.So as the story ends Giselle protects her love(albrecht)and saves his life while forgiving him for her own death,truly a sad but beautiful ballet,with a wonderful story.
I am glad this recording is done at Covent Garden(ROH)by the best ballet company in the world,you would have to name every one on stage to give fair credit where due,so suffice to say from corps to principal all were GREAT,the costumes were very good as was the scenery,Peter Wright's choreography is fantastic(as expected)and the music was of the highest calibre under conductor Boris Gruzin.
This DVD is worth its weight in gold and not to be missed by all ballet lovers,I'd say get it and get it NOW.*****
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