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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. Bournonville's is the only version known to have survived and is the world's oldest surviving ballet.
This project is about the Taglioni and Bournonville ballets, and not about Mikhail Fokine's 1909 non-narrative ballet Les Sylphides using Chopin's orchestrated piano music.
La Sylphide (1832 & 1836 ballet)
- Ballet in two acts
- Libretto by Adolphe Louis Nourrit
- Based on Charles Nodier's "Trilby, ou Le lutin d'Argail"
- Time ?
- Place: Scottish Highlands
- Main characters: The Sylphide, James Reuben, Gurn, Effie, Madge
Taglioni version (1832, lost)
- Choreography by Filippo Taglioni
- Music by Jean Madeleine Marie Schneitzhöeffer
- Original ballet company: Paris Opera Ballet
- Created for Countess Maria Sophie Taglioni and Joseph Mazilier
- Choreographic versions
- 1832, 12 March, World Premiere at Salle Le Peletier, Paris Opera, Paris, France
- 1832, July 26 at Covent Garden, London, further performances by Filippo Taglioni, and Countess Maria Sophie Taglioni as the Sylph
- 1841, May 19 at LaScala, Milan, by Filippo Taglioni, and Adele Dumilâtre as the Sylph
- The Taglioni version was lost.
- 1972 Pierre Lacotte (b 1932) choreographed and staged for Dupont and Thesmar, and the Paris Opera Ballet, based on prints and drawings of the Taglioni version. The production was taken over by the Hamburg State Opera in 2008.
- Characters and dancers
- The Sylphide, a forest spirit
- Countess Maria Sophie Taglioni (World Premiere 1832)
- Fanny Elssler
- Amélie Taglioni
- Fanny Cerrito
- Adele Dumilâtre
- Emma Livry (Paris Opera 1862)
- Ghislaine Thesmar
- Aurelie Dupont
- James Reuben, a Scottish farmer
- Joseph Mazilier (World Premiere 1832)
- Paolo Taglioni
- Louis Mérante
- Pavel Gerdt
- Rudolf Nureyev
- Mathieu Ganio
- Gurn, James' friend and rival
- Georges Élie (World Premiere 1832)
- Anne Reuben, James' mother, widow
- Mlle Brocard (World Premiere 1832)
- Effie, James' fiancée, Anne's nièce
- Lise Noblet (World Premiere 1832)
- Nancy, Effie’s friend
- Madge, an old village witch
- Louise Élie (World Premiere 1832)
- Effie's mother, an elderly woman
- A Sylph, soloist
- 3 sylphs
- 1st Sylph
- Mme Alexis (World Premiere 1832)
- 2nd Sylph
- Mlle Leroux (World Premiere 1832)
- 3rd Sylph
- Mlle Perceval (World Premiere 1832)
- 1st Sylph
- A witch
- Mlle Roland (World Premiere 1832)
- Scottish bridesmaids, wedding guests, witches, and sylphs, alltogether 70 male and female dancers
- The Sylphide, a forest spirit
- Scenographers
- Pierre Luc Charles Cicéri (World Premiere 1832)
- Pierre Lacotte (born 1932)
- Costume designors
- Eugène Louis Lami (World Premiere 1832)
- Conductors
- Choreographers
- Filippo Taglioni (World Premiere 1832)
- Marius Petipa
- Pierre Lacotte (born 1932)
Bournonville version (1836, current)
- Choreography by August Bournonville. The Bournonville version has been danced in its original form by the Royal Danish Ballet ever since its creation, for almost 200 years.
- Music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold, was composed because the Paris Opera demanded from Bournonville too high a price for Schneitzhoeffer's score
- Original ballet company: Royal Danish Ballet
- Created for Lucile Young and August Bournonville
- Choreographic versions
- 1836, 28 November, Premiere of the Bournonville version at Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1965 Rudolf Nureyev made his debut as James on January 5, in Toronto with Lynn Seymour. He replaces Erik Bruhn who was injured. Rudolf knew of this role only the variation with the veil, danced with Margot Fonteyn for a gala the previous spring. James will become one of his favorite roles, notably with Carla Fracci as a partner. He danced with the same happiness the version of Taglioni re-edited by Pierre Lacotte with Ghislaine Thesmar in the title role.
- 1994 Matthew Bourne created an updated version of The Sylph in his production 'Highland Fling', set in contemporary Scotland (1990s) and uses the original score by Herman Severin Løvenskiold.
- 2005: Johan Kobborg faithfully recreates Auguste Bournonville 's version for the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, London, embodying the two main characters with Alina Cojocaru
- 2008; Johan Kobborg and Alina Cojocaru performed at the Bolshoi, in some performances with Natalia Osipova in the role of the Sylphide.
- Characters and dancers
- The Sylphide, a forest spirit
- Lucile Young (Premiere 1836)
- Ulla Poulsen Skou
- Eva Maria Gregori
- Carla Fracci
- Margrethe Schanne
- Lynn Seymour
- Anna Lærkesen
- Dinna Bjørn
- Lis Jeppesen
- Caroline Cavallo
- Rose Gad
- Christina Olsson
- Alina Cojocaru
- Natalia Osipova
- James Reuben, a Scottish farmer
- August Bournonville (Premiere 1836)
- Erik Bruhn
- Rudolf Nureyev
- Hans Beck
- Henning Kronstam
- Nikolaj Hübbe
- Johan Kobborg
- Arne Villumsen
- Mads Blangstrup
- Thomas Lund
- Gurn, James' friend and rival
- Frank Andersen
- Morten Munksdorf
- Anna Reuben, James' mother, widow
- Kirstin Simone
- Effie, James' fiancée, Anne's nièce
- Nancy, Effie’s friend
- Anne Marie Vessel
- Ann-Kristin Hauge
- Madge, an old village witch
- Kirstin Simone
- Sorella Englund
- Effie's mother, an elderly woman
- Soloist in Act I, a Scott
- Lloid Riggins
- Soloist in Act II, a Sylph
- Silja Wendrup-Schandorff
- 3 sylphs
- 1st Sylph
- 2nd Sylph
- 3rd Sylph
- A witch
- Scottish bridesmaids, wedding guests, witches, and sylphs, alltogether 70 male and female dancers
- The Sylphide, a forest spirit
- Scenographers
- Wallich (Premiere 1836)
- C.F. Christensen (Premiere 1836)
- Søren Frandsen
- Costume designors
- dr. Ryge (Premiere 1836)
- Henrik Bloch
- Conductors
- Poul Jørgensen
- Choreographers
- August Bournonville (Premiere 1836)
- Matthew Bourne
- Hans Brenaa
- Henning Kronstam
- Arlette Weinreich
- Johan Kobborg
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