Les Sylphides
A non-narrative ballet blanc: a poet or young man dances in moonlight among white-clad sylphs. The work is a romantic reverie built from Chopin piano pieces orchestrated for ballet.
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A non-narrative ballet blanc: a poet or young man dances in moonlight among white-clad sylphs. The work is a romantic reverie built from Chopin piano pieces orchestrated for ballet.
The opera is based on Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy and covers Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides; the source provides no plot narrative beyond the parts and tableau headings.
A non-narrative ballet blanc: a poet or young man dances in moonlight among white-clad sylphs. The work is a romantic reverie built from Chopin piano pieces orchestrated for ballet.
The opera is based on Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy and covers Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides; the source provides no plot narrative beyond the parts and tableau headings.