Carlotte Grisi-Giselle
Lucien Petipa-Albrecht
Jean Coralli-Hilarion
First Presented in England 12th March 1842 at Her Majesty's Theatre, London
Carlotte Grisi & Jules Perrot in the principal roles
First Presented in St.Petersburg 30th December 1842 at the Bolshoi Theatre
Elena Andreyanova-Giselle
First Presented in Italy, Milan 17th January 1843 at Teatro Alla Scala
Choreographed by A.Cotesi
Ballet Premiered in the United States, Boston 1st January 1846 at the Howard Atheneum
Mary Ann Lee & George Washing Smith in the principal roles
'Passed down to the present day is a version staged by Marius Petipa for the imperial ballet. Petipa staged his definitive revival of 'Giselle' in 1884 for the ballerina, marie Gorshenkova, but made his final touches to the work for Anna Pavlova's debut in 1903. It is said that that kirov/mariinsky ballet still dance the ballet in Petipa's original design nearly unchanged. Petipa's final work on Giselle was notated in the stepanov method of choreographic notation around the turn of the 20th century, and is today held as part of the famous sergeyev collection in the Harvard University Library Theatre collection'.
Marie Gorshenkova played the role of Giselle in 1884, however this role was taken over by Anna Pavlova in 1903. The design of the whole ballet has hardly changed in history and kirov/mariinsky ballet still dance the same version. Petipa's choreographic notion is now famous in the Harvard University Library Theatre collection.
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