The Magic Flute is a Ballet comique in one act, originally choreographed by Lev Ivanov

Lev Ivanov

Lev Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet....

 to the music of Riccardo Drigo

Riccardo Drigo

Riccardo Eugenio Drigo , a.k.a. Richard Drigo was an Italian composer of ballet music and Italian Opera, a theatrical conductor, and a pianist....

. First presented by students of the Imperial Ballet School

Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet

The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era...

 at the school's theatre on . The ballet was transferred to the repertory of the Imperial Ballet

Imperial Ballet

Imperial Ballet can refer to:* the Mariinsky Ballet* the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing...

, where it was first presented on at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.

The ballet has been re-staged in several versions, notably by Peter Martins

Peter Martins

Peter Martins is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was named man of the year by Danish American Society, 1980...

 for the School of American Ballet

School of American Ballet

The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...

. This production was first presented on 9 May 1981. A second premiere was given by the New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...

 on 21 January 1982, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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 with décor designed by David Mitchell, costumes by Ben Benson and lighting by Ronald Bates

Ronald Bates

Ronald Bates was production stage manager for New York City Ballet where he began working in 1957. He studied scenic design at Los Angeles City College after serving in the Navy...

 (it has subsequently been re-lit by Mark Stanley.)

Structure

List of scenes and dances from the Magic Flute taken from the published piano score and the original program of 1893. All libretti and programs of works performed on the stages of the Imperial Russian Theatres were titled in French, which was the official language of the Imperial Court as well as the language from which balletic terminology is derived.
Ballet comique in one act

• no.01 Prélude et scène
• no.02 Danse villageoise
• no.03 Scène: La fermière
• no.04 Arrivée du coureur
• no.05 Arrivée du Marquis
• no.06 Pas d'action
• no.07 Le menuet du Marquis
• no.08 Variation de Lise (Mlle. Stanislava Belinskaya)
• no.09 La Farandole
• no.10 Scène: Désespoir de Luc
• no.11 Scène: Arrivée de l'ermite
• no.12 "Une Flûte enchantée": Danse forcée (ancien air de ballet d'auter inconnu)
• no.13 Scène d'amour I: Lise et Luc
• no.14 Scène d'amour II: andante
• no.15 Scène: Fureur de la fermière et danses forcées
• no.16 Scène: L'apparition d'Obéron
• no.17 Grand Pas d'ensemble —

a. Grand adage (cadence de violon pour M. Léopold Auer

Leopold Auer

Leopold Auer was a Hungarian violinist, teacher, conductor and composer.-Early life and career:...

)

b. Variation pour quatre danseuses

c. Variation de Luc (M. Mikhail Fokine)

d. Pizzicato de Lise (Mlle. Stanislava Belinskaya)

e. Grand ballabile final'

External links

• NYCB website
• SAB