Barbe-bleue
Barbe-bleue (Синяя борода) is a ballet-féerie in three acts and seven scenes, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of. The libretto was created by the author and dramatist Countess Lydia Pashkova from the fairy tale Bluebeard by Charles Perrault. The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, the first performance being a benefit in honor of Marius Petipa's fiftieth anniversary in service to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres.