The Magic Pills (ballet)
The Magic Pills (Les Pilules magiques) is a "Ballet-Féerie" in 3 acts/13 scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus.
The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on February 9/21 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1886 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Principal Dancers - Eugeniia Sokolova.
NB This ballet was presented in honor of the inauguration of the Mariinsky Theatre as the Imperial Ballet and Opera's principal venue in 1886.
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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)
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1860–79 |
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1880–99 |
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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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