Classical Ballet Edouard-Marie-Ernest Delvedez & Ludwig Minkus "Paquita" Ballet in two acts World famous Bolshoi Ballet and Opera theatre (established 1776) - Marvellous Main (Historic) Stage
Schedule for Edouard-Marie-Ernest Delvedez & Ludwig Minkus "Paquita" Ballet in two acts 2022
Composer: Ludwig Minkus Composer: Edouard-Marie-Ernest Delvedez Choreography: Pierre Lacotte
Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Classical Ballet in 2 acts
Premiere of this production: January 2001 , Paris National Opera
Libretto by Pierre Foucher and Joseph Mazilier
Choreography
by Pierre Lacotte after Joseph Mazilier (1846) et Marius
Petipa (1882) Musical version: David Coleman Sets
and Costumes: Luisa Spinatelli Lighting Designer:
Philippe Albaric
Paquita is a ballet in two acts and three scenes,
with libretto by Joseph Mazilier and Paul Foucher. Originally choreographed by
Joseph Mazilier to the music of Edouard Deldevez. First presented by at the
Salle Le Peletier by the Paris Opera Ballet on 1 April 1846. The work was
retained in the repertory of the Opйra until 1851. In 1847, Paquita was
staged for the first time in Russia for the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg by
Marius Petipa and Pierre-Frйdйric Malevergne, being the first work ever staged
by Petipa in Russia. In 1881 Petipa produced a revival of the ballet for which
he added new pieces specially composed by Ludwig Minkus. This included the Pas
de trois (a.k.a. the Minkus Pas de trois or Paquita Pas de trois) for the first
act, and the Paquita Grand pas classique and the Mazurka des enfants (Children's
mazurka) for the last act. Petipa's version of Paquita was retained in the
repertory of the Mariinsky Theatre until 1926. Marius Petipa's 1881 additions
for Paquita survived long after the full-length ballet left the stage. In 1896
prima-balerina Mathilde Ksheshinskaya (Princess Romanov) was behind the Grand
Pas re-staging, for the occasion of the Centennial celebrations of Catherine the
Great death. Today these pieces, particularly the Pas Grand pas classique, are
major cornerstones of the traditional classical ballet repertory, and have been
staged by ballet companies throughout the world. In 2001, the Ballet Master
Pierre Lacotte produced a revival of full-length, two act Paquita for the Paris
Opera Ballet. Although Lacotte re-choreographed most of the ballet himself, he
restored Joseph Mazilier's original mime sequences and mise-en-scиne, as well as
Marius Petipa's 1881 additions.
Schedule for Edouard-Marie-Ernest Delvedez & Ludwig Minkus "Paquita" Ballet in two acts 2022
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