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Adam: Giselle / Ferri, Murru, Vanadio, Seabra, La Scala Ballet

Adam / Corps De Ballet Of The Teatro Alla Scala
Release Date: 02/26/2013 
Label:  Arthaus Musik   Catalog #: 100061  
Composer:  Adolphe Adam
Conductor:  Paul Connelly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Adolphe Adam
GISELLE

Giselle – Alessandra Ferri
Albrecht – Massimo Murru
Hilarion – Maurizio Vanadia
Myrtha – Isabel Seabra

Milan La Scala Ballet
Milan La Scala Orchestra
Paul Connelly, conductor

Patrice Bart, choreographer (after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot)
Angelo Sala, set and costume designer (after Alexandre Benois)
Maurizio Montobbio, lighting designer

Recorded live from the Teatro all Scala, 1996

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: 116 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9) Adolphe Adam
GISELLE

Giselle – Alessandra Ferri
Albrecht – Massimo Murru
Hilarion – Maurizio Vanadia
Myrtha – Isabel Seabra

Milan La Scala Ballet
Milan La Scala Orchestra
Paul Connelly, conductor

Patrice Bart, choreographer (after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot)
Angelo Sala, set and costume designer (after Alexandre Benois)
Maurizio Montobbio, lighting designer

Recorded live from the Teatro all Scala, 1996

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: 116 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9) Read less

Works on This Recording

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Giselle by Adolphe Adam
Conductor:  Paul Connelly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1841; France 

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 2 Customer Reviews )
 One of the best performances  February 12, 2016 By Ricardo C. (Laredo, TX) See All My Reviews "Excellent in every aspect. Orchestra, Direction, Ballet performances. A must for the ballet fan." Report Abuse
 A really gorgeous Giselle January 29, 2015 By Lilian W. (San Rafael, CA) See All My Reviews "The finest filmed performance of Giselle that I've seen since the justly famous one in 1969, with Carla Fracci and Erik Bruhn. This one has better camera work, however, and makes the viewer feel almost like part of the theatre audience (the views inside the historic La Scala theatre are also lovely). The only minus is that the stage lighting is a little too dark at times- in keeping with the atmosphere and story, but inconvenient for the viewer. Fortunately, these moments are brief. The two principals are perfectly matched, both technically and emotionally; and the dancer playing Myrtha, queen of the wilis (ghosts), is as light as air and as cold as ice, exactly right. Although I sometimes find the audience in a filmed performance to be distracting, this was not the case, fortunately. The clapping wasn't intrusive, and there was no loud coughing. This is a real treat, gorgeous dancing, costumes, etc., and I hope Arkiv keeps it available-it's been hard to obtain at a decent price till now." Report Abuse
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