Le Cygne (ballet)
''Le Cygne'' is a one-act ballet, with choreography by Mariquita (dancer), Mariquita, a scenario by Catulle Mendès, and music by Charles Lecocq. It was first staged at the Opéra-Comique, Paris on 20 April 1899. It is loosely based on the classical myth of Leda and the Swan. Cast *Pierrot – Mdlle. Pepa Invernizzi *La Dryade – Mdlle. Boni *Le Petit Faune – Mddle. Chasles *Léda – Mdlle. Dehelli *Le Chant du Cygne (singer) – Mdlle. Davies :Conductor: Alexandre Luigini ::Source: 1899 piano score. Synopsis Pierrot has happened across Leda (mythology), Leda bathing in the river Eurotas (river), Eurotas. He falls in love with her, and returns at dawn the next day hoping to catch sight of her again. A little faun, seeing the boy's sadness, offers him wine, fruits, and flowers, and summons nymphs and dryads from the adjoining laurel grove. They dance round him while he plays on a pipe, but he remains inconsolable. When music is heard in the distance announcing the arrival of ...
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