Les Deux Pigeons (ballet)

This article is about ballets based on la Fontaine's fable. For the original fable, see The Two Pigeons.

Les Deux Pigeons
Sketches of the original ballet that appeared in the Paris Journal Amusant
ChoreographerLouis Mérante
MusicAndré Messager
Based onThe Two Pigeons by Jean de La Fontaine
Premiere18 October 1886 (1886-10-18)
Paris Opéra

Les Deux Pigeons is a ballet originally choreographed in two acts by Louis Mérante to music by André Messager. The libretto by Mérante and Henri de Régnier is based on the fable The Two Pigeons by Jean de La Fontaine. The work was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 18 October 1886.[1] The premiere cast included Rosita Mauri as Gourouli and Marie Sanlaville as Pépio.[1]

Frederick Ashton later created a new ballet to Messager's music under the title The Two Pigeons.

  1. ^ a b Noel E & Stoullig E. Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique, 12eme édition, 1886. G Charpentier et Cie, Paris, 1887.