The Beauty of Lebanon or The Mountain Spirit


The Beauty of Lebanon, or The Mountain Spirit (French: La Belle du Liban, ou L'Esprit des montagnes; Russian: Ливанская красавица, или Горный дух) is a fantastic ballet in three acts and seven scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa[1] and music by Cesare Pugni. Libretto by E. Rappoport and Marius Petipa. The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on December 12/24 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1863 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, with Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (as the Mountain Spirit) and Timofei Stukolkin (as Beshir).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Marius Petipa (Choreography)". OperaAndBallet.com. July 14, 1910. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
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The ballets and *revivals of Marius Petipa in Russia
1847–59
1860–79
1880–99
1900–03
  • Les Ruses d'Amour or The Trial of Damis (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)


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