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The Bandits (French: Les Brigands) is a grand ballet in two acts and five scenes with prologue, choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Léon Minkus.[1] The libretto by Marius Petipa is based on Miguel de Cervantes' novella La gitanilla.
Ekaterina Vazem in the Petipa/Minkus Les Brigands, St. Petersburg, 1875
The work was 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.
References edit
- ^ Meisner, Nadine (2019). Marius Petipa: The Emperor's Ballet Master. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780190659318.
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