A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Giselle

GISELLE, ou les Wilis. A Ballet by Adolphe Adam on a plot adapted from Heine by Théophile Gautier; produced at the Grand Opera July 4, 1841, at Her Majesty's March 12, 1842. It contained one of Carlotta Grisi's greatest parts.

The subject was employed by Loder in his opera of 'The Wilis, or The Night Dancers.'