The Sleeping Beauty, a ballet in a…

January 1890 CE

The Sleeping Beauty, a ballet in a prologue and three acts with music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (his opus 66), is premiered at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia, on January 15, 1890.

The second of his three ballets, the original scenario was conceived by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, and is based on Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant.

The choreographer of the original production is Marius Petipa.

The work will become one of the classical repertoire's most famous ballets.

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St Petersburg Sankt-Peterburg Russia View →

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky View →

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Western Music: Late Romantic View →

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