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The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)

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The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 66, completed in 1889. The original scenario was by Ivan Vsevolozhsky after Charles Perrault's fairy tale La Belle au Bois Dormant, with choreography by Marius Petipa. The ballet premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on 15 January 1890 and has remained one of the most famous ballets of all time.

Facts
Year Created
1889 1
Commissioned By
Ivan Vsevolozhsky 1
Classification
Genre
Dance 1
Sources
1. The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) - Wikipedia
  • Opening section
    completed in 1889
  • History section
    Tchaikovsky was approached by the Director of the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg, Ivan Vsevolozhsky on 25 May 1888
  • Genre reference
    The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 66, completed in 1889.
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