| Choreographer: |
Marius Petipa |
| Composer: |
Léon Minkus |
| Music title: |
Paquita |
| Arranger: |
Gordon Jacob |
| Based on: |
Based on a dramatic scenario by Paul Foucher about a gipsy girl who thwarts an attempted assassination of a French officer during the Napoleonic occupation of Spain. |
| Notes: |
Paquita was originally created for the Paris Opéra with choreography by Joseph Mazilier and music by Edouard Deldevez. The first performance was on 1 Apr 1846. Other revivals followed. Marius Petipa produced the ballet in Moscow in 1847. When he revived it in 1882, in the ball scene at the end, he added a number of new dances to music specially composed by Minkus and it is these dances that are performed in this production of Paquita. Related work: Paquita (1847)
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| World premiere: |
8 January 1882, Bolshoi Theatre, St Petersburg |
| ROH company premiere: |
17 April 1980, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth |