Background music

Sorry Adolphe Adam. Giselle might be the quintessential Romantic ballet, with lots of suffering for love, otherworldly spirits and featherweight long tutus, but - to be frank - your music's a bit dull. Yes, you might have written one of the first purpose-composed ballet scores, rather than tacking together lots of catchy melodies to make a patchwork ballet, but where's the sparkle, the drama, the melodies? Giselle dies of a broken heart, comes back as a slightly creepy being called a Wili, and then saves someone else from death through her love. Surely that deserves some musical tugging at the heartstrings? Beautiful ballet, shame about the magnolia music. (Though, as a viola player, thumbs up for the long viola solo in Act II.)