Faust (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.