a la fontina del vergier and Giselle's mad scene
Submitted by Laura Catherine... on Thu, 01/30/2014 - 00:00
Macabru’s A la Fontana del vergier depicts a noble woman’s reaction to the news that her lover is leaving to join King Louis VII’s crusade. The Scène dramatique from the ballet Giselle depicts La folie de Giselle after she learns that her lover is actually a prince engaged to a noble lady. Here, Giselle goes through a series of emotions that mimic some of those expressed in Macabru’s song after the lady’s “preoccupations suddenly changed”, leading to her “undoing”.
