In Act I of Giselle, the light-hearted bucolic mood swerves into darkness when the duke Albrecht, who has been posing as a peasant to woo the village girl Giselle, is unmasked. Giselle realises Albrecht has been lying to her and is already engaged to a noblewoman, and her beautiful air castle crumbles to ruins. So profound is the shock that she becomes unhinged by it. The "mad scene" that follows is an emotionally charged sequence that draws on a dancer's deepest dramatic powers.

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Giselle: Alessandra Ferri
Albrecht: Massimo Murru
Hilarion: Maurizio Vanadia
Bathilde: Maurizia Luceri
with the La Scala Ballet Company
Ballet Director: Elisabetta Terabust

Original choreography: Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
Revision: Patrice Bart
Music: Adolphe Adam
Conductor: Paul Connelly

Cover photo credits: LELLI E MASOTTI x Teatro Alla Scala

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