List: Ballets by Riccardo Drigo

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•  Harlequinade

  Harlequinade is a type of theatrical performance piece, originally a slapstick adaptation of the Commedia dell'arte, which dates back to Italy in the 16th century. The story revolves around the lives of its five main characters: Harlequin, Pierrot, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon. The British harlequinade, beginning in the 18th century, involved a series of scenes interwoven with scenes from a serious play based on a myth or folklore.

  

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•  The Talisman (ballet)

  The Talisman (AKA Le Talisman or Il Talismino) - Fantastic ballet in 4 Acts-7 Scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Riccardo Drigo. Libretto by Konstantin Augustovich Tarnovsky and Marius Petipa. February 6 1889 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Principal Dancers - Elena Cornalba (as Niriti, daughter of the Queen of the Gods), Sergei Litavkin (as Vayou, the Wind God), and Pavel Gerdt (as Noureddin).

  

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•  The Awakening of Flora or Le Réveil de Flore

  The Awakening of Flora (in French, Le Réveil de Flore), (a.k. a Flora's Awakening, or incorrectly as The Flower's Reawakening or The Reawakening of the Flowers) is an anacreonic ballet in one act, with choreography by Marius Petipa, music by Riccardo Drigo, and a libretto written by Petipa and Lev Ivanov.

  

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•  Les Millions d'Arlequin

  Les millions d'Arlequin (a.k.a. Harlequinade) is a ballet in two acts with libretto and choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Riccardo Drigo. First presented at the Imperial Theatre of the Hermitage by the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, 23 February 1900. The ballet was given a second premiere on the stage of the stage of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre with the same cast on 26 February 1900.

  

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