Faust (ballet)

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Faust
Choreographed by Jules Perrot
Composed by Giacomo Panizza
Sir Michael Andrew Costa
Niccolò Bajetti
Date 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 Demons
Genre Fantastic ballet
Type classical ballet
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Faust is a ballet in 3 acts / 7 scenes, with choreography and ibretto 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).

[edit] Revivals/Restagings

  • Revival by Perrot for the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala. First presented on February 19, 1848 in Milan, Italy.
  • 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).

[edit] 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 there after.
  • 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.
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