The Adventures of Peleus or Thetis and Peleus

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The Adventures of Peleus (AKA Thetis and Peleus or The Wedding of Thetis or Peleus or Les Noces de Thétis et Pélée) is a "mythological ballet" in 3 acts/5 scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Léon Minkus, with additional music adapted by the composer from Le Roi s'amuse by Léo Delibes. Libretto by Marius Petipa, derived from the Greek Myth concerning the Goddess Thetis and the circumstances surrounding her marriage, arranged by Jupiter (or Zeus), to the mortal Peleus.

First presented by the Imperial Ballet on January 18/30 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1876 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Principal Dancers - Eugeniia Sokolova (as the Goddess Thetis), Pavel Gerdt (as Peleus), Lyubov Savitskaya (as Cupid), Mariia Gorshenkova (as Venus), Christian Johansson (as Jupiter), and Lev Ivanov (as Adonis).

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  • The ballet was revived by Marius Petipa as Thetis and Peleus in 1 act/3 scenes by Petipa for the Imperial Ballet, with Riccardo Drigo making additions and revising Léon Minkus' score. It was first presented for the Imperial court at the Theatre of Peterhof, July 28/August 9, 1897. Principal Dancers - Mathilde Kschessinskaya (as the Goddess Thetis), Pavel Gerdt (as Peleus), Olga Preobrajenskaya (as Cupid), Olga Leonova (as Venus), Lyubov Roslavleva (as Flora), Alexei Bulgakov (as Jupiter), and Sergei Legat (as Adonis)

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The Ballets and *Revivals of Marius Petipa in Russia

*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) · 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) · *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) · 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)