Cinderella (Fitinhof-Schell)

Cinderella
The Italian ballerina Pierina Legnani in her costume for act I of the Imperial Ballet's production of Cinderella. St. Petersburg, 1893.
ChoreographerEnrico Cecchetti (Acts I and III)
Lev Ivanov (Act II)
Supervised by Marius Petipa
MusicBaron Boris Fitinhoff-Schell
LibrettoCountess Lidiya Pashkova and Ivan Vsevolozhsky
Premiere17 December [O.S. 5 December] 1893
Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
DesignHeinrich Legovt (act I)
Matvey Shishkov (act II)
Mikhail Bocharov (act III)
GenreBallet-féerie

Cinderella (ru. «Золушка», Zolushka) (fr. Cendrillon) is a ballet-féerie in three acts, with the choreography of Enrico Cecchetti (Acts I and III) and Lev Ivanov (Act II) supervised by Marius Petipa. Music is by Baron Boris Fitinhoff-Schell; the libretto is by Lidia Pashkova (ru: Лидия Александровна Пашкова) and Ivan Vsevolozhsky. It was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on 17 December [O.S. 5 December] 1893 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire.