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Giselle

Title
Giselle [videorecording] / [co-produced by] Unitel Film- und Fernsehproducktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich, and TVE [Televisión Española], Madrid ; film directed by Hugo Niebeling and David Blair ; producer, Fritz Buttenstedt ; executive producer, Joseph Wishy ; choreography by David Blair after Coralli and Perrot ; music, Adolphe Adam.
Publication
U.S. : Philips Classic Productions, 1987, c1969.

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Additional Authors
  • Fracci, Carla
  • Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986
  • Marks, Bruce, 1937-
  • Lander, Toni
  • D'Antuono, Eleanor
  • Kivitt, Ted
  • Lanchbery, John
  • Blair, David, 1932-1976
  • Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
  • Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872
  • Saint-Georges, Henri, 1799-1875
  • Niebeling, Hugo
  • Wakhevitch, Georges, 1907-1984
  • Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994
  • Hall, Peter J., 1926-2010
  • Renucci, Jeanne
  • Wishy, Joseph
  • American Ballet Theatre.
  • Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
  • Televisión Española.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Film version of the ballet, based on the American Ballet Theatre production produced by Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith, as directed by David Blair.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of David Allen.
Uniform Title
Giselle (Choreographic work : Blair after Coralli and Perrot)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Filmed ballets.
Note
  • Additional information from house program for benefit screening at Alice Tully Hall, New York, October 22, 1969.
  • Motion picture originally released in 1969.
  • This recording has also been issued on 12" laser videodisc; see *MGZID 12-5 Giselle.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Wolfgang Treu ; scenario by Théophile Gautier and Vernoy de Saint-Georges ; scenery, Georges Wakhevitch and Oliver Smith ; costumes, Peter Hall and Jeanne Renucci.
Event (note)
  • Produced in the TVE studios, Madrid.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-8500
OCLC
NYPY877000643-F
Title
Giselle [videorecording] / [co-produced by] Unitel Film- und Fernsehproducktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich, and TVE [Televisión Española], Madrid ; film directed by Hugo Niebeling and David Blair ; producer, Fritz Buttenstedt ; executive producer, Joseph Wishy ; choreography by David Blair after Coralli and Perrot ; music, Adolphe Adam.
Imprint
U.S. : Philips Classic Productions, 1987, c1969.
Country of Producing Entity
Spain.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Performer
Danced by American Ballet Theatre: Carla Fracci (Giselle), Erik Bruhn (Prince Albrecht), Bruce Marks (Hilarion), Toni Lander (Myrtha), Eleanor D'Antuono and Ted Kivitt (peasant pas de deux), Ivan Nagy (Wilfred), Joy O'Neill (Berthe), Terry Orr (the squire), Paula Tracy (Bathilde), Diana Weber (Moyna), Ellen Everett (Zulma), and others.
Music performed by the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, conducted by John Lanchbery.
Credits
Director of photography, Wolfgang Treu ; scenario by Théophile Gautier and Vernoy de Saint-Georges ; scenery, Georges Wakhevitch and Oliver Smith ; costumes, Peter Hall and Jeanne Renucci.
Event
Produced in the TVE studios, Madrid.
Original Version
Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Local Subject
Ballet in motion pictures. Giselle.
Cinedance.
Added Author
Fracci, Carla, dancer.
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986, dancer.
Marks, Bruce, 1937- dancer.
Lander, Toni, dancer.
D'Antuono, Eleanor, dancer.
Kivitt, Ted, dancer.
Lanchbery, John, conductor.
Blair, David, 1932-1976, choreographer.
Blair, David, 1932-1976, director.
Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856, composer.
Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872, librettist.
Saint-Georges, Henri, 1799-1875, choreographer.
Niebeling, Hugo, director.
Wakhevitch, Georges, 1907-1984, set designer.
Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994, set designer.
Hall, Peter J., 1926-2010, costume designer.
Renucci, Jeanne, costume designer.
Wishy, Joseph, producer.
American Ballet Theatre.
Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
Televisión Española.
DHCA.
Added Title
Giselle (Choreographic work : Blair after Coralli and Perrot)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-8500 Notes on file
*MGZIA 4-2264 (former)
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