- Fiametta
"The Flame of Love or The Salamander" (AKA "Fiametta" or "Néméa") is a
ballet in 4 acts/4 Scenes. Choreography byArthur Saint-Léon . Music byLudwig Minkus . First presented by theBallet of the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre on November 12–24, 1863 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), at theMoscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre ,Moscow ,Russia . "Principal Dancers -"Marfa Muravieva (as Fiametta).Revivals/Restagings
*Restaging by Arthur Saint-Léon under the title "Fiametta or The Devil In Love" for theImperial Ballet , with Minkus revising his score. First presented on February 13–25, 1864 at theImperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre ,St. Petersburg, Russia . "Principal Dancers -"Praskovia Lebedeva (as Fiametta)*Restaging by Arthur Saint-Léon under the title "Néméa ou l'Amour Vengé" ("Nemea or The Avenged Love") in 2 Acts/4 Scenes for the
Ballet of the Académie Royale de Musique , with Minkus revising his score. First presented onJuly 11 ,1864 at theAcadémie Royale de Musique inParis ,France (For this production Saint-Léon changed the name of the names of the principal characters of Fiametta and Count Fiedrich to Néméa and Count Molder). "Principal Dancers -"Marfa Muravieva (as Néméa),Eugénie Fiorcre (as Cupid),Louis Mérante (as Count Molder).
*Restaging by Arthur Saint-Léon under the title "Fiamma d'amoure" for the Ballet of the Teatro Communal, withGiuseppe Camorano revising Minkus' score. First presented onMarch 15 ,1868 inTrieste ,Italy . "Principal Dancers -"Adèle Grantzow (as Fiametta).*Revival by
Marius Petipa under the title "Fiametta" for theImperial Ballet in 4 Acts, with Minkus making additions and revising his score. First presented on December 6–18, 1887 at theImperial Mariinsky Theatre , St. Petersburg, Russia. "Principal Dancers -"Elena Cornalba (as Fiametta),Alexandre Shiraev (as Cupid), andPavel Gerdt (as Count Fiedrich).Notes
*Saint-Léon's 1864 staging of this work for the Imperial Ballet was the first Russian production of a ballet to make use of such stage devices as shadow effects with the aid of convex mirrors, and electric lighting.
*An andante for solo
cello (the Adagio from the "Grand Pas d'action") from Minkus' score for this ballet was a staple of the soloist repertory in Imperial Russia, and is still occasionally heard.
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