page_title: Les millions d'Arlequin
hierarchical_section_title: Les millions d'Arlequin
caption_attribution_description: English: Frontispiece for the piano reduction of the composer Riccardo Drigo's (1846-1930) score for the ballet "Les Millions d'Arlequin" ("Harlequin's Millions") by the choreographer Marius Petipa (1818-1910).
context_page_description: Les Millions d'Arléquin also known under the title Harlequinade 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 Hermitage by the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia on 23 February [O.S. 10 February] 1900. The ballet was given a second premiere with the same cast at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on 26 February [O.S. 13 February] 1900.
  Riccardo Drigo's score for Les Millions d'Arléquin was celebrated in its own right and was issued in piano reduction by the publisher Zimmermann in 1901. The Sérénade from the first act of the ballet became a popular repertory piece that has been arranged for various instruments and published under several alternative titles such as Serenatina veneziana all'antica, Veneitian Serenade and Valse Boston among many others. In 1922 the Sérénade was adapted into the song Notturno d'amour that went on to be recorded by many notable singers including the famous Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli, whose 1926 recording of the song became a worldwide hit.
  Marius Petipa's original two-act production has not been performed since 1927.
context_section_description: Les Millions d'Arléquin (en. Harlequin's Millions) (ru. "Миллионы Арлекина", Milliony Arlekina) also known under the title Harlequinade (ru. "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 Hermitage by the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia on 23 February [O.S. 10 February] 1900. The ballet was given a second premiere with the same cast at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on 26 February [O.S. 13 February] 1900.
  Riccardo Drigo's score for Les Millions d'Arléquin was celebrated in its own right and was issued in piano reduction by the publisher Zimmermann in 1901. The Sérénade from the first act of the ballet became a popular repertory piece that has been arranged for various instruments and published under several alternative titles such as Serenatina veneziana all'antica, Veneitian Serenade and Valse Boston among many others. In 1922 the Sérénade was adapted into the song Notturno d'amour that went on to be recorded by many notable singers including the famous Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli, whose 1926 recording of the song became a worldwide hit.
  Marius Petipa's original two-act production has not been performed since 1927. To date there are two versions of the ballet that are performed. The first is a one-act redaction by the ballet master Fyodor Lopukhov that was originally staged for the Maly Theatre Ballet in 1933 under the title Arlekinada. Lopukhov's version is still performed by companies and particularly by schools primarily in Russia but also throughout the world. The second version that is performed with regularity is the choreographer George Balanchine's version, given under the title Harlequinade, originally staged for the New York City Ballet in 1965.
caption: Frontispiece of the original piano reduction of Drigo's score as issued by the publisher Zimmerman, 1901.
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