19th century ballet Giselle is one of the best loved of all ballets, a blend of doomed romance and gothic horror. Lynn Seymour is Giselle the peasant girl who kills herself when her nobleman lover Albrecht (Rudolf Nuryev) betrays her. After death she becomes part of the Wilis, a spirit band of troubled girls who kill any man they come across in the dark of night.
Taking a major part in the production were members of the Ballet of the Bavarian State Opera.
Cast: Rudolf Nureyev as Albrecht; Lynn Seymour as Giselle; Monica Mason as Myrtha, Queen of The Wilis; Youri Vamos as Hilarian; Gerd Larsen as Berthe; Hella Schonbrunt as Bathilde; Yvanka Lukateli as Zulme; Joyce Cuoco as Moyna; Jaroslav Dlask as Wilfrid; Werner Dittrich as Duke of Courland; Jurgen Wienert as Leader of The Hunt; Ballet Of The Bavarian State Opera House
Music: Adolphe Adam / Book: Vernoy De Saint-Georges, Theophile Gautier and Jean Coralli / Producer Design: Henry Graveney / Producer: Stanley Dorfman / Directors: Stanley Dorfman, Rudolf Nureyev
UK / ITV – ATV / 1×75 minute episode / Sunday 30 December 1979 at 9.45pm
