Le Lys Explained

Le Lys (The Lily), also known as Liliya, is a ballet in 3 acts/4 scenes, with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon and music by Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes.^[1]

The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on, at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.^[2]

Principal dancers at the première included Adèle Grantzow.

Notes

• For this ballet Minkus reused and adapted much of the music he had composed for Saint-Léon's 1866 La Source.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Letellier . Robert Ignatius . 2010 . Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes: La Source . September 25, 2024 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2. Web site: 2016-08-06 . Ludwig Minkus . 2024-09-26 . The Marius Petipa Society . en.