page_title: Sylvia (ballet)
hierarchical_section_title: Sylvia (ballet)
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: sylviaoulanymphe00deli2 (find matches) Title: Sylvia ou La nymphe de Diane&#160;: ballet en trois actes et cinq tableaux Year: 1876 (1870s) Authors: Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891, composer Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist Subjects: Ballets Publisher: Paris: Heugel Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: WJR.\ Ml! 1 ba aLi: lii ■if LA NYMPHE DE DIANE -^HHc PERSONNAGES .VILLI PlROJ BKH&lt; . r-v ■ ■ . ■ ii .1 i ■ i a i ■ Digitized by the Internet Archiver in 2012 with funding from MBrighanaHYoungr U0iveisiiyE • Lapy, Adclc iMo- FAUNES ET SYLVAINSVIM — Aj.vs. — MIMES DE LA SUITE DE THALIE — Jules, — II L IIK IMM. fl lAPERt ^•3 IM. HEUGEL &amp; C , T C/T archive.org/details/sylviaoulanymphe00deli2 Text Appearing After Image: ' Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Sylvia, originally Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, is a full-length ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed by Louis Mérante to music by Léo Delibes in 1876. Sylvia is a typical classical ballet in many respects, yet it has many interesting features that make it unique. Sylvia is notable for its mythological Arcadian setting, creative choreographies, expansive sets and, above all, its remarkable score.
  The ballet's origins are in Tasso's 1573 play Aminta, which provides the basic plot of Delibes' work. Jules Barbier and Baron de Reinach adapted this for the Paris Opera. The piano arrangement was composed in 1876 and the orchestral suite was done in 1880.
  When Sylvia premiered on Wednesday, June 14, 1876, at the Palais Garnier, it went largely unnoticed. In fact, the first seven productions of Sylvia were not commercially successful. It was the 1952 revival, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton, that popularized the ballet. Ashton's success set the stage for the 1997, 2004, 2005 and 2009 productions, all of which were based on his 1952 choreography.
context_section_description: Sylvia, originally Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, is a full-length ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed by Louis Mérante to music by Léo Delibes in 1876. Sylvia is a typical classical ballet in many respects, yet it has many interesting features that make it unique. Sylvia is notable for its mythological Arcadian setting, creative choreographies, expansive sets and, above all, its remarkable score.
  The ballet's origins are in Tasso's 1573 play Aminta, which provides the basic plot of Delibes' work. Jules Barbier and Baron de Reinach adapted this for the Paris Opera. The piano arrangement was composed in 1876 and the orchestral suite was done in 1880.
  When Sylvia premiered on Wednesday, June 14, 1876, at the Palais Garnier, it went largely unnoticed. In fact, the first seven productions of Sylvia were not commercially successful. It was the 1952 revival, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton, that popularized the ballet. Ashton's success set the stage for the 1997, 2004, 2005 and 2009 productions, all of which were based on his 1952 choreography.
caption: Rita Sangalli as Sylvia in the 1876 production
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