Les millions d'Arlequin

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Les Millions d'Arlequin, or Harlequinade
Frontispiece of the original piano reduction of Drigo's score as issued by the publisher Zimmerman, 1901
Choreographer	Marius Petipa
Music	Riccardo Drigo
Libretto	Marius Petipa
Based on	episodes from La commedia dell'arte
Premiere	23 February [O.S. 10 February] 1900 (Hermitage) 26 February [O.S. 13 February] 1900 (Imperial Mariinsky Theatre)
Design	décor: Orest Allegri costumes: Ivan Kaffi
Genre	Ballet comique

Les Millions d'Arlequin (English: Harlequin's Millions) (Russian: "Миллионы Арлекина", Milliony Arlekina) also known under the title Harlequinade (Russian: "Арлекинада", Arlekinada) is a ballet comique in two acts and two tableaux with libretto and choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Riccardo Drigo. It was first presented at the Theatre of the Imperial Hermitage Museum by the Imperial Ballet in Saint Petersburg on 23 February [O.S. 10 February] 1900.^[1] The ballet was given a second premiere with the same cast at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on 26 February [O.S. 13 February] 1900.

The Sérénade from the first act of the ballet became a popular repertory piece that has been arranged for various instruments and recorded on numerous occasions.