Giselle <br><font size=6.5>at The Royal Opera House, London</font>

BALLET & DANCE

Giselle
at The Royal Opera House, London

SCHEDULE

Thu, 24 July 2025, 19:30
Fri, 25 July 2025, 19:30
Sat, 26 July 2025, 14:00
Sat, 26 July 2025, 19:30
Sun, 27 July 2025, 14:00
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Supported by: the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan / the Japan Arts Council

Official Sponsor:
Official Airline:
Supported by: the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan / the Japan Arts Council

The Royal Opera House, London, UK

24 Jul - 27 Jul, 2025 ( 5 Performances )

Running time:
approx. 2 hours 15mins including an interval

Booking Opens:
Wed, 19 Mar 2025, 9:00am (GMT)

DETAILS

The National Ballet of Japan makes its UK debut at the Royal Opera House with its acclaimed production of Giselle by the company's artistic director Miyako Yoshida, the first Japanese ballerina to be made a Principal dancer in the history of the Royal Ballet. With staging and additional choreography by Alastair Marriott, award-winning British designer Dick Bird has created a spectacular set lit by internationally acclaimed lighting designer Rick Fisher as the backdrop for the evergreen tale of love, betrayal, forgiveness and redemption.

Resident at the New National Theatre in Tokyo, the national ballet company of Japan is the flagship institution of one of the world's most vibrant ballet cultures. With 75 full-time dancers, the National Ballet of Japan performs three centuries of repertoire from 19th century classics, via Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Roland Petit and Kenneth Macmillan - to contemporary works by Christopher Wheeldon, David Bintley and William Forsythe.

SYNOPSIS

The peasant girl Giselle learns that her lover is in fact a nobleman named Albrecht, who is betrothed to Bathilde, and is so shocked that she goes mad and eventually dies. At night, in the woods, Albrecht visits Giselle's grave and is almost killed by the Wilis, vengeful spirits; but Giselle, who still loves him even after her death, intervenes to save him from her fellow spirits.

CREATIVE TEAM

Choreography by Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
Production by Miyako Yoshida
Staging and Additional Choreography by Alastair Marriott
Music by Adolphe Adam
Set and Costume Designer: Dick Bird
Lighting Designer: Rick Fisher

CAST

24 July 19:30
Giselle: YONEZAWA Yui
Albrecht: IZAWA Shun
Hilarion: NAKAYA Masahiro
Myrtha: YOSHIDA Akari
Peasant pas de deux: IKEDA Risako, MIZUI Shunsuke

25 July 19:30
Giselle: ONO Ayako
Albrecht: FUKUOKA Yudai
Hilarion: KINOSHITA Yoshito
Myrtha: NEGISHI Yui
Peasant pas de deux: OKUDA Kasumi, KAMINAKA Yuki

26 July 14:00
Giselle: SHIBAYAMA Saho
Albrecht: HAYAMI Shogo
Hilarion:WATANABE Takuro
Myrtha: YAMAMOTO Suzu
Peasant pas de deux: IINO Moeko, ISHIYAMA Ren

26 July 19:30
Giselle: YONEZAWA Yui
Albrecht: IZAWA Shun
Hilarion: NAKAYA Masahiro
Myrtha: YOSHIDA Akari
Peasant pas de deux: IKEDA Risako, MIZUI Shunsuke

27 July 14:00
Giselle: KIMURA Yuri
Albrecht: WATANABE Takafumi
Hilarion: WATANABE Takuro
Myrtha: NEGISHI Yui
Peasant pas de deux: IINO Moeko, ISHIYAMA Ren

CREATIVE TEAM
CAST

Production by

Miyako YOSHIDA

Staging and Additional Choreography by

Alastair MARRIOTT

Set and Costume Designer

Dick BIRD

Lighting Designer

Rick FISHER
Giselle

YONEZAWA Yui

24,26s

Albrecht

IZAWA Shun

24,26s

Giselle

ONO Ayako

25

Albrecht

FUKUOKA Yudai

25

Giselle

SHIBAYAMA Saho

26m

Albrecht

HAYAMI Shogo

26m

Giselle

KIMURA Yuri

27

Albrecht

WATANABE Takafumi

27

TICKETS

Tickets for this production will be sold exclusively by ROH
The NNTT Box Office will NOT handle ticket sales for this production.

Booking Opens: Wed, 19 Mar 2025, 6:00pm

There is an advance sale for Friends of Covent Garden. For details, please click here.

Tickets for this production are available exclusively on the ROH website.