Composer

Ballets by Riccardo Drigo

5 ballets with choreography credits and 6 public-domain ballet scores by Riccardo Drigo.

Ballets and their choreographers

BalletChoreographerPremiere
Le Réveil de FloreLev Ivanov, Marius Petipa1894
Les Millions d'ArlequinMarius Petipa1900
The Enchanted Forest——
The Magic Flute—1893
The Talisman——

Free scores on IMSLP

About Riccardo Drigo

Riccardo Drigo (Russian: Риккардо Дриго, romanized: Rikkardo Drigo; 30 June 1846 – 1 October 1930) was an Italian composer of ballet music and Italian opera, a theatrical conductor, and a pianist.

Drigo is noted for his long career as principal Chef d'orchestre/kapellmeister and Music Director of the Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg, Russia, for which he composed music for the original works and revivals of the choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. During his career in Saint Petersburg, Drigo conducted the premieres and regular performances of nearly every ballet performed on the Tsarist stage.

Drigo is equally noted for his original full-length compositions for the ballet as well as his large catalog of supplemental music written ad hoc for insertion into already-existing works. Drigo is also noted for his adaptations of already-existing scores, such as his 1895 edition of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's score for Swan Lake. Many pieces set to the music of Drigo are still performed today, and are considered cornerstones of the classical ballet repertory.

From the Wikipedia article “Riccardo Drigo”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.