Digital Access to PNB’s Historical GISELLE (starts 16 Feb)

[Jeannette]

Just a reminder that the stream of the PNB’s historically-informed GISELLE begins tomorrow, through 20 Feb. Viewing throughout the 4/5-day period can be purchased here:

 

https://order.pnb.org/23-digital/giselle

 

Cast is from the opening-night performance last week, including:

 

Giselle, Leslie Rausch 

Albrecht, James Kirby Rogers

Hilarion, James Yoichi Moore

Myrtha, Elle Macy

Peasant pdd, Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan & Kyle Davis

 

Reviews of the live performance:  

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/dance/love-triumphs-in-pacific-northwest-ballets-giselle/

 

https://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_culture/art/the-pacific-northwest-ballet-raises-classic-ghost-story-giselle-from-the-grave/article_17bcc354-a840-11ed-a57e-93f150f9d38b.html

 

 

[FionaM]

$35 is steep for me.   Europe’s relays in €10-15 area, and some are free although infrequent (Munich and Vienna)

[Jeannette]

4 hours ago, FionaE said:

$35 is steep for me.   Europe’s relays in €10-15 area, and some are free although infrequent (Munich and Vienna)

Yes, Fiona, the price is rather steep. However, as I’m retired and living on an island far from any major ballet troupe, PNB’s annual digital subscription (about $250 for 7 ballet nights) is a saving grace. Imagine what it would cost me to fly to a large US city + lodging, etc! Oddly, PNB has become my “virtual local company,” as I am their regular subscriber in the Caribbean. (If only other companies on this earth also offered full-season virtual subscriptions! I’m hoping that PNB can maintain this generosity for many years to come!)

 

Watched Giselle yesterday. What a treasure, so gorgeously filmed in HD, with a mixture of camera angles/zooms! This was better than the single high-up camera of a 2014 performance shown during the early-COVID months…and I was darn grateful for that in May 2020. 
 

My lone complaint about the PNB recon of Giselle, compared to the 2019 Bolshoi-Ratmansky version: no Fugue des Wilis in Act II, as at the Bolshoi (or the later Ukrainian-Ratmansky version, I’ve read)…but the PNB recon includes the drunken villagers episode in the middle of Act II, before Albrecht’s entrance. 

Edited February 17, 2023 by Jeannette

[CHazell2]

Wish that I could see it, it is too expensive for me to buy the digital stream

[alison]

Thank you, Jeannette.  I really wish that I'd been able to see this, but I had too many other urgent things on my plate  

 

 Since this has involved into quite a discussion of the production/performance, I've converted a number of posts into a performance thread here:

 

[alison]

Jeannette's original post, with casting details:

  

On 15/02/2023 at 12:49, Jeannette said:

Just a reminder that the stream of the PNB’s historically-informed GISELLE begins tomorrow, through 20 Feb. Viewing throughout the 4/5-day period can be purchased here:

 

https://order.pnb.org/23-digital/giselle

 

Cast is from the opening-night performance last week, including:

 

Giselle, Leslie Rausch 

Albrecht, James Kirby Rogers

Hilarion, James Yoichi Moore

Myrtha, Elle Macy

Peasant pdd, Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan & Kyle Davis

 

Reviews of the live performance:  

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/dance/love-triumphs-in-pacific-northwest-ballets-giselle/

 

https://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_culture/art/the-pacific-northwest-ballet-raises-classic-ghost-story-giselle-from-the-grave/article_17bcc354-a840-11ed-a57e-93f150f9d38b.html