The Sylphid
Legendary work of the romantic Ballet, the Sylphid is created with the Opéra of Paris the March 12th 1832 by Filippo Taglioni, on a booklet of Adolphe Nourrit inspired of the tale of Charles Nodier Trilby (1822), and a music of Jean Schneitzhoeffer. Marie Taglioni interprets the role there titrates, surrounded by Joseph Mazilier and Lise Noblet.
In 1836, Auguste Bournonville gives a new version of it to Copenhagen, with Lucile Grahn in the main role.
the Sylphid tells the history of a young Scot, James, who is loved by a sylphid, that only can see him. But James is promised in marriage, and the day of its marriage, the sylphid seizes the alliance intended for its promised in marriage and flees in wood. James continues it and forgets its been engaged in the forest. James then meets an old witch whom it had formerly driven out and which is well decided to be avenged. It gives him a veil, which should enable him to capture the sylphid, but this veil is poisoned and makes lose its wings and its life with the sylphid. James, in an immense sorrow, sees with far its old been engaged which Marie with her rival.
The booklet of 1832 gives the following distribution:
- the Sylphid : M {{the}} Taglioni
- James Reuben, Scottish peasant : Mr. Mazilier
- Anne Reuben, her mother : Miss Brocard
- Effie, country-woman, niece of Anne : M {{the}} Noblet
- Gurn, Scottish peasant : Mr. Élie
- the Madge old woman, witch : Mrs. Élie
- Sylphids : Mrs. Alexis, Miss Leroux, Miss Perceval
- Witch : Miss Roland
Adèle Dumilâtre will take again the role of Marie Taglioni in 1841.
Technically, this ballet uses the Italian technical which associates with a leg movement fast of the slow movements of the bust and arms.
Later versions
- 1836 : Auguste Bournonville, with Lucile Grahn (Copenhagen). Only the subject is common, the music of the Danish version is of Løvenskjold.
- 1892 : Marius Petipa (Saint-Pétersbourg)
- 1971: Pierre Lacotte entirely recreates this ballet starting from notes of time and, following the diffusion of a Téléfilm presenting Ghislaine Thesmar in the role of the Sylphid and Michael Denard in that of James, the ballet (in its reconstituted version) returns to the repertory of the Opéra of Paris in 1972.
External bonds
- the Sylphid danced by Rudolf Noureev
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