The Paris Opera Ballet, one of the leading ballet companies in the world, is set to stage “Giselle,” an iconic French romantic ballet, from Wednesday to Saturday. The oldest national ballet company in ...

EXPERIENCING a chilling wind and a sense of spirits present is nothing new for Belfast opera singer Giselle Allen who will be hoping her dramatic performance and high notes in Benjamin Britten's spine ...

Among the many fictional characters who can claim Paris as their home, perhaps none is as universally loved as the ballet heroine Giselle. This pure-hearted innocent, who dies betrayed yet returns as ...

The Finnish National Opera and Ballet will perform Giselle. Performances run through 7 February 2026. Learn more about this ...

Giselle is pretty much the oldest ballet in the repertoire. First seen in 1841, it set the template for the artform: a broken-hearted love story which dives into the supernatural. Sharp storytelling, ...

Kellis McSparrin Oldenburg, well-known to the ballet's fans, will dance the technically and artistically demanding title role in "Giselle Deslondes." The rest of the cast includes Marigny Opera Ballet ...

In the title role at Wednesday's performance, Cristina Shevchenko danced and acted with equal, glorious power. Giselle demands a dancer/actor to go from sweet peasant girl who loves to dance to woman ...

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If you’re a fan of Giselle Allen, the brilliant Belfast-born soprano who has been a big star with Opera North, count yourself blessed. This coming Saturday, for one night only, she is singing the ...

West End shows with legs are famously of the song-and-dance variety. The repertory system in ballet, whereby productions run for just a handful of performances at a stretch, tends to obscure their ...