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La Esmeralda

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La Esmeralda

(pas de deux)

Choreography by Nicholas Beriosoff
From the original of Jules Perrot
Music by Césare Pugni
Reproduced for ABT by John Gilpin
Lighting by Nananne Porcher

World Premiere

(Original Production)
Ballet of Her Majesty’s Theatre
March 9, 1844
Her Majesty’s Theatre
London, England

Cast:
Carlotta Grisi
Jules Perrot
Antoine Louis Coulon

ABT Premiere

March 19, 1965
New York State Theater
New York, New York

Cast:
Lupe Serrano
John Gilpin