Romantic Ballet in two acts and three scenes.
Music by Édouard Deldevez & Ludwig Minkus.
Choreography - Pierre Lacotte after Joseph Malizier and Marius Petipa.
Libretto by Paul Fouche and Joseph Mazilier.
Revised and completed by David Coleman.
Ballet and Orchestra of the National Opera of Paris.
Conductor - David Coleman.
Paquita - Agnes Letestu
Lucien d'Hervilly - Jose Martinez
Inigo - Karl Paquette
Le General Comte d'Hervilly - Richard Wilk
La Comtesse - Celine Talon
Don Lopez de Mendoza - Jean-Marie Didiere
Dona Serafi - Beatriz Martel
World Première:
1st April 1846
Salle Le Peletier, Paris
Choreography by Joseph Mazilier.
Original 1846 Cast
Paquita - Carlotta Grisi
Lucien d’Hervilly - Lucien Petipa
Saint Petersburg Première:
8th October [O.S. 26th September] 1847
Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre.
Original 1847 Cast
Paquita - Elena Andreyanova
Lucien d’Hervilly - Marius Petipa
Première of Petipa’s revival:
9th January 1882 [O.S. 27th December 1881]
Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre
Original 1881/82 Cast
Paquita - Ekaterina Vazem
Lucien d’Hervilly - Pavel Gerdt.