Persée et Andromède is a French ballet-pantomime created in 1810 by Pierre Gardel and performed at the Opéra de Paris.
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| Native title | Persée et Andromède |
| Choreographer | Pierre Gardel |
| Music | Étienne-Nicolas Méhul |
| Premiere | 8 June 1810[1] Paris, France |
| Genre | Pantomime |
| Type | Ballet |
Background
editThe ballet Persée et Andromède was presented in three acts with choreography by Pierre Gardel and music arranged by Étienne-Nicolas Méhul. In the ballet, Méhul incorporated a rondeau from a sonata by Steibelt.[2] It was based on the subject of Perseus and Andromeda.[3]
On 8 June 1810, Persée et Andromède was premiered at the Opéra de Paris in Paris, France.[4]
Characters
editThe principal roles were entrusted to artists such as:
- Mlle Chevigny as Cassiopeia
- Mme Gardel as Andromeda
- Louis Milon as Cepheus
- Armand Vestris as Perseus
- Albert as Phineus[2]
References
edit- ^ L'Académie impériale de musique: histoire littéraire, musicale, politique et galante de ce théâtre, de 1645 à 1855. (1855). France: Castil-Blaze.
- ^ a b Le Ménestrel: journal de musique. (1884). (n.p.): Le Menestrel.
- ^ Picot, É. (1876). Bibliographie Cornélienne; ou, Description raisonnée de toutes les éditions des oeuvres de Pierre Corneille, des imitations ou traductions qui en ont été faites, et des ouvrages relatifs à Corneille et à ses écrits. [With a portrait.]. France: Auguste Fontaine, libraire.
- ^ Gardel, P. G. (1810). Persée et andromède: ballet-pantomime en trois actes. France: chez Bacot.