| Paquita | Music: Minkus, Ludwig (1826-1917) Choreography: Marius Petipa (Original), Joseph Mazilier (Original) |
| Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris | |
| Mikhail Agrest | Conductor |
| Luisa Spinatelli | Set Designer, Costume Designer |
| Philippe Albaric | Lighting Designer |
| Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris | |
| Valentine Colasante | Dancer |
| Guillaume Diop | Dancer |
| Pablo Legasa | Dancer |
| Naïs Duboscq | Dancer |
| Inès McIntosh | Dancer |
| Marine Ganio | Dancer |
| Francesco Mura | Dancer |
“When I recreate a ballet, I search for the fragrance of the period”, said dancer and choreographer Pierre Lacotte, who died in 2023. In Paquita, that perfume is the heady scent of Spain, mixed with elegant French fragrances.....
In the Valley of the Bulls, near Saragossa occupied by Napoleon’s armies, Paquita, a young gypsy girl, refuses the advances of an aristocrat, Lucien d’Hervilly, because of her modest condition. But when she saves him from a plot hatched by the Spanish governor, she discovers that her origins are far nobler than she thought…
Pierre Lacotte, a lover of the Romantic repertoire, reconstructed Joseph Mazilier’s ballet in 2001. The work had enchanted Théophile Gautier when it premiered at the Paris Opera in 1846 but gradually fell into oblivion despite Marius Petipa’s new version in 1882. With its sumptuous sets and costumes, his Paquita portrays a picturesque Spain combining mime and characterful dances with dazzlingly vivacious virtuoso technique.
Duration : 2h05 with 1 interval.
Single tickets on sale from 18th June 2024, from 12 pm.