- The Parisian Market or Le Marché des Innocents
"The Parisian Market" (aka "Le Marché des parisien or Les Marché des Innocents") is a "comic
ballet " in one act, with choreography byMarius Petipa , and music byCesare Pugni . Libretto by Marius Petipa.First presented by the
Imperial Ballet under the title "Le Marché des parisien" on OldStyleDate|5 May|1859|23 April at theImperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre inSt. Petersburg, Russia . Principal dancers:Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (as Lizetta), Marius Petipa (as Simon), andTimofei Stukolkin (as the Marquis Megrèle).Revivals/Restagings
*Restaged by Marius Petipa for the
Ballet of the Académie Royale de Musique , (AKA The Paris Opera) under the title "Les Marché des Innocents". First presented on29 May 1861 . For this production Petipa changed the names of the characters Lizetta and Marquis Megrèle to Gloriette and Lindor. "Principal Dancers -"Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (as Gloriette), andLouis Meranté (as Lindor).*Revival by
Lev Ivanov for the Imperial Ballet. First presented for the Imperial court at the theatre ofKrasnoe Selo , St. Petersburg, on July 6–18, 1892.*Revival by Marius Petipa for the Imperial Ballet. First presented at the
Imperial Mariinsky Theatre , St. Peterbsurg, on January 8–20 1895. "Principal Dancers -"Maria Anderson (as Lizetta),Sergai Litavkii (as Simon),Enrico Cecchetti (as the Marquis Megrèle)
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