Title: Chopiniana/Giselle
Date: Tuesday 28th March 1950, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Kirov Ballet
Location: Kirov Theatre, Leningrad, Russia
Composer: Frédéric Chopin (Chopiniana), Adolphe Adam (Giselle)
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine (Chopiniana), Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (Giselle)
Productions: Unknown
Conductor: Pavel Feldt
Collection Number: 3601_1950_01

Cast

Chopiniana

Nocturne: Galina Kirillova, Simon Kaplan, Marina Pomerantseva, Nonna Yastrebova, Ensemble
Valse: Nonna Yastrebova
Mazurka: Simon Kaplan
Mazurka: Galina Kirillova
Prelude: Marina Pomerantseva
Valse: Galina Kirillova, Simon Kaplan
Grand Valse: Full Ensemble

Giselle

Giselle: Galina Ulanova
Count Albrecht: Mikhail Gabovich
Hans (Hilarion): Boris Shavrov

Bertha, Giselle’s Mother: Yevgenia Biber
Count’s Fiancee (Bathilde): Ksenia Zlatkovskaya
Count’s Friend (Wilfrid): Valery Ryazanov
Duke: Nikolai Solyannikov

Myrtha: Margarita Tryshina
Moyna: Tatiana Bazilevskaya
Zulme: Olga Moiseeva

Solo Violin: E.M. Khant
Solo Oboe: V.M. Ivanov

Crew

For Chopiniana/Giselle

Orchestrations, Chopiniana: Alexander Glazunov
Revival Staging, Chopiniana: Agrippina Vaganova

Revival Staging, Giselle: Vladimir Ponomarev

Regisseurs: Margarita Kirchheim, А.N. Maslov, N.N. Rykhlyakova

For the Kirov Ballet

Chief Balletmaster: Pyotr Gusev