Cinderella (Fitinhof-Schell)
| Cinderella | |
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The Italian ballerina Pierina Legnani in her costume for act I of the Imperial Ballet's production of Cinderella. St. Petersburg, 1893. | |
| Choreographer | Enrico Cecchetti (Acts I and III) Lev Ivanov (Act II) Supervised by Marius Petipa |
| Music | Baron Boris Fitinhoff-Schell |
| Libretto | Countess Lidiya Pashkova and Ivan Vsevolozhsky |
| Premiere | 17 December [O.S. 5 December] 1893 Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Design | Heinrich Legovt (act I) Matvey Shishkov (act II) Mikhail Bocharov (act III) |
| Genre | Ballet-féerie |
Cinderella (ru. «Золушка», Zolushka) (fr. Cendrillon) is a ballet-féerie in three acts, with the choreography of Enrico Cecchetti (Acts I and III) and Lev Ivanov (Act II) supervised by Marius Petipa. Music is by Baron Boris Fitinhoff-Schell; the libretto is by Lidia Pashkova (ru: Лидия Александровна Пашкова) and Ivan Vsevolozhsky. It was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on 17 December [O.S. 5 December] 1893 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire.