La Source is a ballet in three acts/four scenes with a score collaborated on by Léo Delibes and Ludwig Minkus (Minkus: Act I & Act III-Scene 2/Delibes: Act II & Act III-Scene 1). In Vienna it was called Naïla, die Quellenfee (Naïla, the Waternymph).
The choreography is by Arthur Saint-Léon, who collaborated with Charles Nuitter in the libretto. The original designs are by Edouard Desplechin, Jean-Baptiste Lavastre, Auguste Rubé, Chaperon (sets), Paul Lormier (costumes).
The first production opened at the Théâtre Impérial de l´Opéra in Paris on 12 November 1866; with Guglielmina Salvioni (Naïla), Eugenie Fiocre (Nouredda) and Louis Meranté (Djémil) as principal dancers.
Other productions have included: Teatro alla Scala with choreography by Cesare Marzagora after Saint-Léon, Milan, 1875/1876; and New York City Ballet, choreography by George Balanchine, premiere November 23, 1968, New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with Violette Verdy and John Prinz.
References
BalletNotes (2001). "Léo Delibes" Retrieved June 11, 2005. 2005.
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La Source is a ballet in three acts/four scenes with a score collaborated on by Léo Delibes and Ludwig Minkus (Minkus: Act I & Act III-Scene 2/Delibes: Act II & Act III-Scene 1). In Vienna it was called Naïla, die Quellenfee (Naïla, the Waternymph).
The choreography is by Arthur Saint-Léon, who collaborated with Charles Nuitter in the libretto. The original designs are by Edouard Desplechin, Jean-Baptiste Lavastre, Auguste Rubé, Chaperon (sets), Paul Lormier (costumes).
The first production opened at the Théâtre Impérial de l´Opéra in Paris on 12 November 1866; with Guglielmina Salvioni (Naïla), Eugenie Fiocre (Nouredda) and Louis Meranté (Djémil) as principal dancers.
Other productions have included: Teatro alla Scala with choreography by Cesare Marzagora after Saint-Léon, Milan, 1875/1876; and New York City Ballet, choreography by George Balanchine, premiere November 23, 1968, New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with Violette Verdy and John Prinz.
References
BalletNotes (2001). "Léo Delibes" Retrieved June 11, 2005. 2005.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 19:29:24 PDT (GMT -0700)
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