Ballet

Sylvia

Sylvia is a ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton and Louis Mérante to music by Léo Delibes, first performed in 1876. Sylvia, originally Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, is a full-length classical ballet in two or three acts, first…

Sylvia
Image: Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891, composer; Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist · No restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
Choreography
Frederick Ashton, Louis Mérante
Music
Léo Delibes
Premiere
1876
First performed at
Palais Garnier

About the work

Sylvia, originally Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, is a full-length classical ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed by Louis Mérante to music by Léo Delibes.

The ballet's premiere took place on 14 June 1876 at the Palais Garnier, but was largely unnoticed by the critics. The first seven productions were commercially unsuccessful, but the 1952 revival, choreographed by Frederick Ashton, popularized the work. Productions in 1997, 2004, 2005, and 2009 productions were all based on Ashton's choreography.

From the Wikipedia article “Sylvia (ballet)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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