Ballet

Catarina or La Fille du Bandit

Catarina or La Fille du Bandit is a ballet choreographed by Jules Perrot to music by Cesare Pugni, first performed in 1846. Catarina ou la Fille du bandit is a ballet in three acts and four scenes, with libretto and choreography by Jules…

Catarina or La Fille du Bandit
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Choreography
Jules Perrot
Music
Cesare Pugni
Premiere
1846
First performed at
His Majesty's Theatre

About the work

Catarina ou la Fille du bandit is a ballet in three acts and four scenes, with libretto and choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni. The libretto is based on an incident in the life of the Italian painter Salvator Rosa. The work was first presented by the Ballet of Her Majesty's Theatre on 3 March 1846 in London, England, with Lucile Grahn (as Catarina, leader of the bandits), Louis-François Gosselin (as Salvator Rosa), and Jules Perrot (as the Lieutenant Diavolino).

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