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- In the end, Bournonville mounted his own production of La Sylphide based on the original libretto, with music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold.
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La Sylphide (English: The Sylph; Danish: Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836.
Oct 29, 2023 · French ballet master and choreographer Marius Petipa decided to restage the original 1832 Taglioni production of La Sylphide at the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1892. The ballet (and the opera) played a significant role in Russian society in the late nineteenth century.
- Really want to be sylph-like…? A sylph, like the one our hero James is bewitched by, is a mythological spirit of the air. As far as we know, the term first appears in the 16 Century works of a Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer called Paracelsus.
- In a land, far, far away. The story is set in Scotland. Why? Because back in the 1800s, Scotland was thought of as an exotic, faraway land. And it must be said, the ethereal mists of the Highlands certainly spark the imagination – and perfectly suit this ballet’s supernatural themes.
- The beauty of youth. Bournonville himself originally wanted to do a revival of Taglioni’s 1832 version of the ballet. The only reason Bournonville came up with his own take on La Sylphide was because the Paris Opera demanded too much money for the score by Jean-Madelina Schneitzhoeffer.
- Fantastic tales and where to find them. The story of La Sylphide is loosely based on the obsessive stories of the French writer Charles Nodier. He introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to gothic literature, vampire tales and conte fantastique (meaning ‘fantastic tales’, a bit like science fiction).
In 1832, Filippo created La Sylphide to show Taglioni to her best advantage. This supernatural, tragic story with its romantic Scottish setting, combined with Taglioni’s ethereal look, became a defining moment in Romantic ballet.
May 21, 2019 · ★ Who composed the music for La Sylphide? The original musical score for La Sylphide was by Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer, and August Bournonville’s interpretation by Herman Severin Løvenskiold.
One of the world’s oldest existing romantic ballets, La Sylphide originally premiered on March 12, 1832 in Paris, with now lost choreography by Filippo Taglioni. A success, the ballet was re-choreographed in 1836 by the Danish ballet master August Bournonville.
Jul 6, 2024 · Lead roles danced by POB dancers Aurelie Dupont and Mathieu Ganio (Opera National de Paris, 2004). The Classical Girl examines the 1832 ballet, La Sylphide, the earliest important classical ballet in the repertoire, and why it mattered, then and now.
