AROP evening — Ballet
© Laurent Philippe / OnP
Paquita
05 Dec. 2024
- 2h05 with 1 intermission
- Première
- Opéra Bastille
- Cocktail attire
Paquita
Paquita - Pierre Lacotte
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Conductor
Mikhail Agrest
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Choreography
Pierre Lacotte
after Joseph Mazilier and Marius Petipa -
Music
Édouard Deldevez
(1817-1897) -
Music
Ludwig Minkus
(1826-1917) -
Libretto
Paul Foucher
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Libretto
Joseph Mazilier
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Set design and Costume design
Luisa Spinatelli
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Lighting design
Nicolas Fischtel
“When I recreate a ballet, I search for the fragrance of the period”, said dancer and choreographer Pierre Lacotte, who died in 2023. In Paquita, that perfume is the heady scent of Spain, mixed with elegant French fragrances.
In the Valley of the Bulls, near Saragossa occupied by Napoleon’s armies, Paquita, a young gypsy girl, refuses the advances of an aristocrat, Lucien d’Hervilly, because of her modest condition. But when she saves him from a plot hatched by the Spanish governor, she discovers that her origins are far nobler than she thought…
Pierre Lacotte, a lover of the Romantic repertoire, reconstructed Joseph Mazilier’s ballet in 2001. The work had enchanted Théophile Gautier when it premiered at the Paris Opera in 1846 but gradually fell into oblivion despite Marius Petipa’s new version in 1882. With its sumptuous sets and costumes, his Paquita portrays a picturesque Spain combining mime and characterful dances with dazzingly vivacious virtuoso technique.
With the Paris Opera Étoiles, Premières Danseuses, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet
With the participation of students from the Paris Opera Ballet School
The Paris Opera Orchestra
Paquita
Paquita - Pierre Lacotte
Paquita
Valentine Colasante
Lucien d'Hervilly
Guillaume Diop
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20:00
First part
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20:55
Intermission cocktail
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21:15
Second part
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22:05
End of the performance
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22:20
Supper