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Les Deux Pigeons is a ballet originally choreographed in two acts by Louis Mérante to music by André Messager. The libretto by Mérante and Henri de Régnier is based on the fable The Two Pigeons by Jean de La Fontaine. The work was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 18 October 1886. The premiere cast included Rosita Mauri as Gourouli and Marie Sanlaville as Pépio. Frederick Ashton later created a new ballet to Messager's music under the title The Two Pigeons.
The huntress nymph Sylvia mocks Eros and wounds the shepherd Aminta when he protects the god. Eros revives Aminta, while hunter Orion abducts Sylvia; she escapes by getting Orion drunk and returns to Aminta. At Diana’s temple, the goddess ultimately relents and permits the lovers to unite.
Les Deux Pigeons is a ballet originally choreographed in two acts by Louis Mérante to music by André Messager. The libretto by Mérante and Henri de Régnier is based on the fable The Two Pigeons by Jean de La Fontaine. The work was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 18 October 1886. The premiere cast included Rosita Mauri as Gourouli and Marie Sanlaville as Pépio. Frederick Ashton later created a new ballet to Messager's music under the title The Two Pigeons.
The huntress nymph Sylvia mocks Eros and wounds the shepherd Aminta when he protects the god. Eros revives Aminta, while hunter Orion abducts Sylvia; she escapes by getting Orion drunk and returns to Aminta. At Diana’s temple, the goddess ultimately relents and permits the lovers to unite.