Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artists Colin McCaslin and Hannah Carter will be in \u201cGiselle\u201d at the Benedum Center Friday through Sunday.
\n[Justin Merriman]<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) opens its 2026-27 season with \u201cGiselle\u201d with the PBT Orchestra at the Benedum Center Friday through Sunday.<\/p>\n
One of the oldest and most demanding works in the Romantic ballet repertoire, \u201cGiselle\u201d premiered in Paris in 1841. PBT\u2019s production will feature new staging by artistic director Adam W. McKinney, based on the original choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, with later Russian revisions by Marius Petipa. <\/p>\n
\u201cGiselle\u201d is a tragic story of love, betrayal, and forgiveness. It explores class differences, the supernatural, and the idea that love transcends everything. The title role is considered one of ballet\u2019s greatest challenges.<\/p>\n
\u201cI selected \u2018Giselle\u2019 as the opening production of our 2026-27 season for audiences to experience one of ballet\u2019s most iconic and enduring masterpieces,\u201d McKinney said. \u201cIn collaboration with the PBT Orchestra, who will play Adolphe Adam\u2019s undying score, Giselle epitomizes the lasting impact and beauty of ballet.\u201d <\/p>\n
Showtimes are Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets or information are available at pbt.org or by calling 412-456-6666. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artists Colin McCaslin and Hannah Carter will be in \u201cGiselle\u201d at the Benedum Center Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[127722,73,29028,75,74],"class_list":["post-312514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-giselle","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-ballet-theatre","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}