Ballets

Other ballets

1830s

Die Nymphe und der Schmetterling –anacreontic ballet in two scenes: pas de deux and principal roles arranged by Jules Perrot and corps de ballet sections by Pietro Campilli. Premièred 29^th September 1836, Hofoper, Vienna

Das Stelldichen – rustic ballet in two scenes, music by Engelbert Aigner: principal dancers – Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi. Premièred 23^rd November 1836, Hofoper, Vienna

Der Kobold – faery ballet in two acts and five scenes, music by J. Wilhelm Reuling: principal dancers – Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi. Premièred 2^nd March 1838, Hofoper, Vienna

1840s

Une Soirée du carnaval – ballet divertissement, premièred 14^th July 1842, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

L’Aurore – ballet divertissement, music by Cesare Pugni: principal dancers – Adèle Dumilâtre and Jules Perrot. Premièred 11^th March 1843, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

Un Bal sous Louis Quatorze – ballet divertissement, music by Jean-Baptiste Nadaud: principal dancers – Fanny Elssler and Adèle Dumilâtre. Premièred 6^th April 1843, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

Le Délire d’un peintre – ballet divertissement, music by Cesare Pugni: principal dancers – Fanny Elssler and Jules Perrot. Premièred 3^rd August 1843, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

Kaya, ou l’Amour voyageur – ballet in one scene, music by Cesare Pugni: principal dancers – Lucile Grahn, Jules Perrot, Fanny Pragher, Jules Perrot, and Girolamo Di Mattia. Premièred 17^th April 1845, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

La Bacchante – ballet divertissement, music by Cesare Pugni: principal dancers – Lucile Grahn and Jules Perrot. Premièred 1^st May 1845, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

Diane – ballet divertissement, music by Cesare Pugni: principal dancers – Marie Taglioni and Jules Perrot. Premièred 24^th July 1845, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

Odetta, ou la demenza di Carlo VI re di Francia – historical ballet in a prologue and 6 parts, music by Giovanni Panizza (for the action), and Giovanni Bajetti and Giovanni Battista Croff (for the dances): principal dancers – Fanny Elssler, Jules Perrot, Effisio Catte, Giuseppina Pratesi, and Carolina Bagnoli-Quattri. Premièred 16^th March 1847, Teatro alla Scala, Milan

1850s

The War of the Woman, of The Amazons of the Ninth Century – Grand ballet in four acts and six scenes, music by Cesare Pugni: principal dancers – Carlotta Grisi, Jules Perrot, Elena Andreyanova, Christian Johansson, and Marius Petipa. Premièred 23^rd November 1852, Imperial Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Gazelda, or The Tziganes – Grand ballet in two acts and four scenes, music by Cesare Pugni: principal dancers – Carlotta Grisi, Jules Perrot, Elena Andreyanova, Christian Johansson, Marius Petipa, and Alexandra Ryukhina. Premièred 24^th February 1853, Imperial Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Marcobomba – ballet in one act, music arranged by Cesare Pugni: principal dancers – Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Christian Johansson, Zina Richard, and Anna Prikhunova. Premièred 5^th December 1854, Imperial Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Armida – Grand ballet heroi-fantastique in four acts and five scenes with a prologue, music by Cesare Pugni: principal dancers – Fanny Cerrito, Marius Petipa, Jules Perrot, Nikolai Goltz, Frédéric, and Marfa Muravieva. Premièred 20^th November 1855, Imperial Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg

Opera divertissements

Pas de deux in Gioachino Rossini’s Moïse, danced by Jules Perrot and Pauline Montessu, 13^th October 1832, Paris Opéra

Dances inserted in Uranio Fortuna’s Zingaro, danced by Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi, 1^st February 1840, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris

Pas de deux inserted in Gaetano Donizetti’s La Favorite, danced by Carlotta Grisi and Lucien Petipa, 12^th February 1841, Paris Opéra

Pas de deux inserted in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Juan, danced by Carlotta Grisi and Lucien Petipa, 4^th April 1841, Paris Opéra

Other dances

Pas de deux inserted in the ballet Le Tempête, February 1835, Grand Theatre, Bordeaux

The Original Tarantella, as imported from Naples, danced by Carlotta Grisi and Jules Perrot, 7^th July 1836, King’s Theatre, London (possibly danced earlier at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples between December 1835 and March 1836)

Pas de deux, danced by Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi, 5^th September 1837, Opéra comique, Paris.

Pas de deux inserted in the ballet I Figli di Edoardo, danced by Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi, August 1838, Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Pas de deux inserted in Salvatore Taglioni’s ballet Il Rajah di Benares, danced by Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi, 12^th February 1839, Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

Pas de deux for Fanny Elssler and Fanny Cerrito, 20^th July 1843, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

Polka, music by Cesare Pugni, danced by Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi, 11^th April 1844, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

Pas de trois danced by Louise Taglioni, Joséphine Petit-Stéphan and Jules Perrot, 2^nd April 1846, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

Pas de deux danced by Jules Perrot and Carolina Rosati, 20^th April 1847, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

Sources

• Ivor Guest (1984) Jules Perrot, Master of the Romantic Ballet. Hampshire, UK: Dance Books Ltd