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The sorceress & the knight; a grand magic ballet, in three acts, by A. Vestris.

Title: The sorceress & the knight; a grand magic ballet, in three acts, by A. Vestris.
Author: Vestris, Armand, 1788?-1825.
Publication: [London, 1833?]

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Description

4 p.; 17 cm.

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Genre/Form

Ballet – Stories, plots, etc.

Note

Scenario.
Originally written and choreographed by Armand Vestris as a new ballet inspired by Charles Louis Didelot's ballet Zélis, with music by Gioacchino Rossini, Giovanni Pacini and Pietro Romani, and presented for the first time Dec 31, 1823 at the Vienna Staatsoper. This English version is probably that arranged by Thérèse Elssler and presented at the King's Theatre, London, for the first time on July 11, 1833.
Fanny Elssler danced the role of Viviane and Albert the role of Prince Alindor.

Call Number

*MGTZ-Res. (La fée et le chevalier)

OCLC

NYPY737073267-B

Author

Vestris, Armand, 1788?-1825.

Title

The sorceress & the knight; a grand magic ballet, in three acts, by A. Vestris.

Imprint

[London, 1833?]

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Local Subject

Ballet scenarios. La fée et le chevalier.

Added Author

Didelot, Charles Louis, 1767-1837. Zélis.

Elssler, Thérèse, 1808-1878.

Research Call Number

*MGTZ-Res. (La fée et le chevalier)