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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 by Adolphe Adam.
Publication
U.S. : Philips Classic Productions, c1988, c1969.

Details

Additional Authors
  • 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.
  • Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
  • Televisión Española.
  • Philips Classics Productions.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videodisc (laser) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 12 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 Ray Phillips.
  • Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm, additional copy.
  • Gift of John Akbari, additional copy.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Videodisc version of *MGZIA 4-2264 Giselle.
  • Extended play (CLV).
  • Liner notes contain Noël Goodwin's essay "'Giselle': supreme achievement in Romantic style."
  • Additional information from house program for benefit screening at Alice Tully Hall, New York, October 22, 1969.
  • Motion picture originally released in 1969.
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
*MGZID 12-5
OCLC
NYPY00-F578
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 by Adolphe Adam.
Imprint
U.S. : Philips Classic Productions, c1988, c1969.
Country of Producing Entity
Spain.
Event
Produced in the TVE studios, Madrid.
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.
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.
Local Subject
Ballet in motion pictures. Giselle.
Cinedance.
Added Author
Blair, David, 1932-1976.
Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856.
Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872.
Saint-Georges, Henri, 1799-1875.
Niebeling, Hugo.
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.
Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
Televisión Española.
Philips Classics Productions.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZID 12-5
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