Giselle

At midday, a group of wealthy visitors, led by Batilde, Alberto’s fiancée and the daughter of Il Duca, another influential magnate, arrives in the square. Alberto slips away before being seen. Il Duca joins Batilde on the café terrace, where they order drinks. Giselle meets Batilde, who soon begins to feel unwell and is taken inside the café. The wealthy group disperses.

At sunset, the cherry festival begins. Giselle and Alberto dance joyfully in the crowd until Hilario challenges Alberto for Giselle’s affection. Humiliated by defeat, Hilario reveals Alberto’s gun and fires it into the air. Batilde and Il Duca emerge from the café. Realising Alberto’s betrayal, Giselle loses her mind. As she regains her composure, she tries to run towards Alberto. Overcome with jealousy, Hilario shoots Giselle. She collapses and dies in Alberto’s arms.

At midnight, in a ghostly setting haunted by the Wilis, the vengeful spirits of women killed before they could experience true love, Giselle’s mother, Stella, and her secret lover, Il Duca (who is also Giselle’s father), mourn her tragic death. Frightened by eerie sounds, they flee the scene.

Hilario, now a fugitive, sneaks in to grieve for Giselle but is also frightened off by the same eerie noises. Myrtha, the leader of the Wilis, rises with her ethereal companions to summon Giselle into their ghostly company.

Alberto arrives, tormented by grief, and encounters Giselle’s spirit. They share a heartfelt dance, but Giselle, fearing for his safety, urges him to leave before the Wilis appear. Hilario returns, pursued by the Wilis, but narrowly escapes their wrath. When Alberto is hunted by the spirits, Giselle’s love shields him. They dance together through the night, desperately hoping for dawn to break and save him.

As daylight arrives, Alberto is spared. He walks toward the light, leaving Giselle’s fading silhouette to disappear into the darkness.