Sylvia (ballet)

Sylvia, Sylvia ou La Nymphe de actually Diane was composed in 1876 by Léo Delibes. It is a classical ballet piece full length in three acts.

The plot is based on Torquato Tasso's Aminta poem of from 1573.

The first choreography was by Louis Alexandre Merante and was ahead of its time. The choreography was considered quite rebellious, because the ballerinas appear as masculine Slayers - unusual at that time.

Tchaikovsky wrote in 1877 in a letter to the composer Sergei Taneyev, " Have I Délibes Sylvia belongs. (...) If I had known this music before, I had not written Swan Lake. ".

  • 2.1 Act 1
  • 2.2 Act 2
  • 2.3 Act 3

Roll

Cast and Crew

  • Sylvia - A virtuous Hunter and nymph, loyal to Diana, the object of desire of Aminta.
  • Aminta - A simple shepherd boy who is in love with Sylvia.
  • Eros - The Greek god of love.
  • Diana - The Greek goddess of the hunt.
  • Orion - An evil hunter who pursues Sylvia and kidnapped.

Supporting roles

  • Hunting companion - Sylvia's squad of female fighters.
  • Goats - Two goats to be sacrificed as a tribute to Bacchus.
  • Badenixe
  • Dryads
  • Faune
  • Peasantry

Musical scenes

Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Edits

Frederick Ashton was in 1952 a revised edition of the work for the Royal Ballet. Most versions shown today are based on this processing.

John Neumeier's choreography Sylvia - Three choreographic seals on a mythological theme makes almost no use of the original libretto. The work was in 1997 by the Ballet de l' Opéra de Paris premiered with Aurélie Dupont and Manuel Legris as Sylvia as Aminta.

The concise melody from the second movement of the third act " Cortege de Bacchus " was from 1982-1986 used as the theme song of the U.S. TV series Knight Rider.

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