'Giselle' ballet new production to premiere at Bucharest Opera on 13 November
Adolphe Charles Adam's ballet 'Giselle,' in a new production conceived and directed by Razvan Ioan Dinca, with Daniel Jinga conducting, will premiere at the Bucharest National Opera on 13 November at 18:30.
According to a press release the organisers sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday, one of the best-known works of Romantic ballet, 'Giselle,' returns to the country's leading opera stage in an artistic interpretation offering a fresh perspective on the story of love, betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness. The production retains the beauty and expressiveness of classical dance while exploring new dramatic dimensions of the characters and their relationships.
At the heart of the director's concept is the symbol of a tree connecting the world of the living with the afterlife, inspired by the concept of axis mundi, as evoked in the work of Mircea Eliade. A witness to love and the passage of time, the tree becomes the central element around which the world of the production is built, where death does not mark the end of the story and forgiveness can open the way to a new beginning.
'When I first began to explore Giselle, the first thing I saw was a tree. I imagined it in the middle of a lively village, its branches reaching towards the sky and its roots descending into a world that people cannot see,' director Razvan Ioan Dinca said.
The new production offers a different perspective on Giselle's fate, revealing family connections and hidden truths that heighten the heroine's tragedy. In the second act, the world of the Wilis, the spirits of women whose love remained unfulfilled, becomes the setting for a ritual of suffering, from which Giselle manages to break free by choosing to forgive and save Albert, the press release reads.
'In Giselle, I encounter classical choreography that generations of artists have carried forward and whose beauty I feel no need to surpass. Together with the team, I am seeking to adapt it so that our new interpretation of the story can live within it,' choreographer Violeta Dinca said.
The production is based on an idea by Razvan Ioan Dinca and features the Bucharest National Opera Ballet Company and Orchestra.
Further performances are scheduled for 14, 15 and 19 November.
Tickets can be purchased at http://tickets.operanb.ro/ and from the box office of the Bucharest National Opera.
AGERPRES National News Agency is one of the event's media partners. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Petronius Craiu; EN - writing by: Adina Panaitescu)
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