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La sylphide, Acte 1r décoration de Ciceri
- Title
- La sylphide, Acte 1r [graphic] : décoration de Ciceri / Eug. Buttura.
- Author
- Buttura, Eugène Ferdinand, 1812-1852.
- Publication
- 1832.
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- Description
- 1 print : lithograph, b&w; 24 x 33 cm.
- Summary
- Opening scene of Filippo Taglioni's ballet La sylphide, as seen at the Paris Opéra, with audience members in boxes at either side of the stage. The sylphide of the title kneels beside the ballet's hero, James, as he dozes in an armchair. The set design by Pierre Cicéri incorporates a hearth, a stairway, and a casement window, all elements essential to the action.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Dance Committee Purchase Fund.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Lithographs.
- Note
- At top: Album de l'Opéra, Planche 1er.
- At lower right: Lith. d'A. Didion.
- Funding (note)
- Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Biography (note)
- La sylphide (choreography, Filippo Taglioni; music, Jean Schneitzhoeffer; scenery, Pierre Cicéri; costumes, Eugène Lami) is the ballet most closely identified with the Romantic period in dance. It was first presented at the Paris Opéra in 1832, with Marie Taglioni, the choreographer's daughter, in the title role. Joseph Mazilier, later an important choreographer in his own right, danced the ill-fated James.
- The painter Eugene Buttura was born in Paris of Italian parentage; his father was the author Antonio Buttura. Eugene Buttura's subjects included mythological themes and landscapes.
- Call Number
- *MGZFX But E Syl 1
- OCLC
- 825066940
- Author
- Buttura, Eugène Ferdinand, 1812-1852.
- Title
- La sylphide, Acte 1r [graphic] : décoration de Ciceri / Eug. Buttura.
- Imprint
- 1832.
- Funding
- Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Biography
- La sylphide (choreography, Filippo Taglioni; music, Jean Schneitzhoeffer; scenery, Pierre Cicéri; costumes, Eugène Lami) is the ballet most closely identified with the Romantic period in dance. It was first presented at the Paris Opéra in 1832, with Marie Taglioni, the choreographer's daughter, in the title role. Joseph Mazilier, later an important choreographer in his own right, danced the ill-fated James.The painter Eugene Buttura was born in Paris of Italian parentage; his father was the author Antonio Buttura. Eugene Buttura's subjects included mythological themes and landscapes.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.For Buttura's depiction of the second act of La sylphide, see: *MGZFA-19 But E Syl 1.
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- Added Author
- Cicéri, Pierre-Luc-Charles, 1782-1868. Associated nameCommittee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFX But E Syl 1