Cinderella (Fitinhof-Schell)
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Cinderella is a ballet-féerie in three acts, with the choreography of Enrico Cecchetti and Lev Ivanov supervised by Marius Petipa. Music is by Baron Boris Fitinhoff-Schell; the libretto is by Lidia Pa
The Italian ballerina Pierina Legnani in her costume for act I of the Imperial Ballet's production of Cinderella. St. Petersburg, 1893.
Pierina Legnani in the title role of Cinderella. St. Petersburg, 1894
Design by Matvey Shishkov for act II of the Imperial Ballet's production of Cinderella, St. Petersburg, 1893
Pierina Legnani
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Pierina Legnani was an Italian ballerina considered one of the greatest ballerinas of all time.
Cinderella (Fitinhof-Schell)
…O.S. 5 December] 1893 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. Roles and original cast Role St Petersburg 1893 Cinderella Pierina Legnani Prince Charming Pavel Gerdt The Fairy Godmother/Good Fairy Anna Johansson Cavalier Pignarole, Cinderella's father Timofei Stukolkin Henrietta, the…
Pierina Legnani photographed during her tour of London, 1891. Written on the photo is "Signorina Pierina Legnani, Première danseuse assoluta".
Legnani as the Tsar Maiden in Petipa's revival of The Little Humpbacked Horse. St Petersburg, 1895.