Le Lys (The Lily), also known as Liliya, is a ballet in 3 acts/4 scenes, with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon and music by Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes.[1]

The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on 2 November [O.S. 21 October] 1869, at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.[2]

Principal dancers at the première included Adèle Grantzow.[2]

Notes

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  • For this ballet Minkus reused and adapted much of the music he had composed for Saint-Léon's 1866 La Source.

References

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  1. ^ Letellier, Robert Ignatius (2010). "Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes: La Source" (PDF). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ludwig Minkus". The Marius Petipa Society. 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2024-09-26.