The Bandits (ballet)

Les Brigands (The Bandits) is a "Grand ballet" in 2 acts/5 scenes with prologue, with choreography was by Marius Petipa, and the music by Léon Minkus. Libretto by Marius Petipa, derived from Miguel Cervantes' novel La Gitanilla.

First presented by the Imperial Ballet on January 26/February 7 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1875 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Principal Dancers - Ekaterina Vazem.

The ballets and *revivals of Marius Petipa in Russia

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)

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