- Faust (ballet)
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This article is about Perrot's ballet. For other works derived from Faust, see Works based on Faust. For other uses, see Faust (disambiguation).
Faust Choreographed by Jules Perrot Composed by Giacomo Panizza
Sir Michael Andrew Costa
Niccolò BajettiDate of premiere 12 February 1848 Place of premiere Milan, Italy Original ballet company Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala Characters Marguerite
Mephistophelis
Faust
Bambo-Queen of the DemonsGenre Fantastic ballet Type classical ballet Faust is a ballet in 3 acts / 7 scenes, with choreography and libretto by Jules Perrot, and music by Giacomo Panizza, Sir Michael Andrew Costa, and Niccolò Bajetti. First presented by the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala on February 12, 1848 in Milan, Italy. Principal Dancers - Fanny Elssler (as Marguerite), Jules Perrot (as Mephistophelis), Effisio Catte (as Faust), and Ekaterina Costantini (as Bambo-Queen of the Demons).
Revivals/Restagings
- Revival by Perrot for the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala. First presented on February 19, 1848 in Milan, Italy.
- Revival by Perrot for the Court Opera Ballet of the Burgtheatre. First presented on June 21, 1851 in Vienna, Austria. Principal Dancers - Fanny Elssler (as Marguerite), and Jules Perrot (as Mephistophelis)
- Revival by Perrot for the Imperial Ballet with a new adaptation to the score by Cesare Pugni. First presented at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St. Petersburg, on February 2/14 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1854. Principal Dancers - Guglielmina Salvioni (as Marguerite), and Jules Perrot (as Mephistophelis), Marius Petipa (as Faust).
- Revival by Marius Petipa for the Imperial Ballet with a new adaptation to the score by Cesare Pugni. First presented at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St. Petersburg, on November 2/14 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1867. Principal Dancers - Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (as Marguerite), and Timofei Stukolkin (as Mephistophelis).
Notes
- Perrot's revival of Faust for the Ballet of the Theater an der Burg in Vienna was mounted especially for the final performance of Fanny Elssler, who retired from the stage shortly thereafter.
- By January 1869 Perrot's Faust had been performed 100 times by the Imperial Ballet, and on for the occasion of the 100th performance Petipa sent a letter of congratulations to Perrot, who was in Paris at that time.
1847–59 *Paquita (1847) · *Le Diable amoureux (as "Satanella") (1848) · Leda, the Swiss Milkmaid (1849) · *Giselle (1850, 1884, 1899, 1903) · The Star of Granada (1855) · The Rose, the Violet, and the Butterfly (1857) · *Le Corsaire (1858, 1863, 1868, 1885, 1899) · A Marriage During the Regency (1858) · The Parisian Market (1859, *1861)
1860–79 The Blue Dahlia (1860) · Terpsichore (1861) · The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862, *1885, *1898) · The Beauty of Lebanon (1863) · *The Traveling Dancer (1864) · Florida (1866) · Titania (1866) · *Faust (1867) · The Benevolent Cupid (1868) · The Slave (1868) · Le Roi Candaule (1868, *1891, *1903) · Don Quixote (1869, *1871) · Trilby (1870) · *Catarina (1870) · The Two Stars (1871) · *La Péri (1872) · Camargo (1872) · *Le Papillon (1874) · *Ondine (as "The Naiad and the Fisherman") (1874) · The Bandits (1875) · The Adventures of Peleus (1876, *1897) · A Midsummer Night's Dream (1876) · La Bayadère (1877, *1900) · Roxana (1878) · Ariadne (1878) · The Daughter of the Snows (1879) · Frizak the Barber (1879) · Mlada (1879, *1896)
1880–99 *La Fille du Danube (1880) · Zoraiya (1881) · La Vivandière (as "Markitenka") (1881) · *Pâquerette (1882) · The Night and the Day (1883) · Pygmalion (1883) · *Coppélia (1884) · *Le Diable à Quatre (as "The Willful Wife") (1885) · *La Fille Mal Gardée (1885) · The Magic Pills (1886) · The King's Command (1886, *1887, *1900) · *La Esmeralda (1886) · The Sacrifices to Cupid (1886) · *Fiametta (1887) · The Vestal (1888) · The Talisman (1889) · The Caprices of a Butterfly (1889, *1895) · The Sleeping Beauty (1890) · Nénuphar (1890) · Kalkabrino (1891) · A Fairy Tale (1891) · *La Sylphide (1892) · The Nutcracker (1892) · Cinderella (1893) · The Awakening of Flora (1894) · Swan Lake (1895) · The Little Humpbacked Horse (as "The Tsar Maiden") (1895) · The Calvary Halt (1896) · The Pearl (1896) · Bluebeard (1896) · Raymonda (1898)
1900–03 Les Ruses d'amour (1900) · The Seasons (1900) · Harlequinade (1900) · The Heart of the Marquis (1902) · The Magic Mirror (1903) · The Romance of the Rosebud and the Butterfly (never presented)
Categories:- Russian ballet
- Ballets by Jules Perrot
- Ballets by Giacomo Panizza
- Ballets by Michael Costa (conductor)
- Ballets by Niccolò Bajetti
- 1848 ballet premieres
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