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Kalkabrino

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Choreographer
  
Marius Petipa

Music
  
Léon Minkus

Premiere
  
-February 13, 1891 (Julian calendar) -February 25, 1891 (Gregorian calendar) Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Original ballet company
  
Imperial Russian Ballet

Characters
  
-Cigala -Kalkabrino -Marietta/Draginiatza -Olivier -René, Marietta's father -Reuben

Kalkabrino is a ballet in three acts and three scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Léon Minkus.

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Première performance

The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Russian Ballet on 13 February 1891, on the Julian calendar (25 February 1891 in the Gregorian calendar) at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Première principal dancers

The principal dancers at the première were:

  • Carlotta Brianza — as Marietta/Draginiatza
  • Enrico Cecchetti — as Reuben
  • Pavel Gerdt — as Kalkabrino
  • Felix Kschessinsky — as René, Marietta's father
  • Nikolai Legat — as Olivier
  • Marie Petipa — as Cigala.
  • References

    Kalkabrino Wikipedia