La Perle (ballet)
| La Perle | |
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The first page of the illustrated libretto of La Perle. Taken from the souvenir program of the gala performed at the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow in celebration of the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna. 1896. | |
| Choreographer | Marius Petipa |
| Music | Riccardo Drigo |
| Libretto | Marius Petipa |
| Based on | La Pérégrina: Ballet de la Reine from Verdi's opera Don Carlos |
| Premiere | 29 May [O.S. 17 May] 1896 Imperial Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow 15 February [O.S. 3 February] 1898 Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg |
| Design | décor—Pyotr Lambin, after Mikhail Bocharov costumes—Ivan Vsevolozhsky |
| Genre | Ballet-divertissement |
La Perle (en. The Pearl) (ru. «Жемчужина» or «Прелестная жемчужина»; Zhemchuzhina or Prelestnaya Zhemchuzhina) (en. Pearl or Pretty Pearl) is a ballet-divertissement in one act, with libretto and choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Riccardo Drigo.