Faust (ballet)

This article is about Perrot's ballet. For other works derived from Faust, see Works based on Faust. For other uses, see Faust (disambiguation).

Faust
Choreographer	Jules Perrot
Music	Giacomo Panizza Sir Michael Andrew Costa Niccolò Bajetti
Premiere	12 February 1848 Milan, Italy
Original ballet company	Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala
Characters	Marguerite Mephistophelis Faust Bambo, Queen of the Demons
Genre	Classical ballet
Type	Fantastic ballet

Faust is a ballet in three acts and seven scenes, with choreography and libretto by Jules Perrot and music by Giacomo Panizza, Michael Andrew Costa, and Niccolò Bajetti, first presented by the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala on 12 February 1848 in Milan, with Fanny Elssler (as Marguerite), Jules Perrot (as Mephistophelis), Effisio Catte (as Faust), and Ekaterina Costantini (as Bambo, Queen of the Demons).

Revivals

• Revival by Perrot for the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala. First presented on 19 February 1848 in Milan, Italy.

• Revival by Perrot for the Court Opera Ballet of the Burgtheatre. First presented on 21 June 1851 in Vienna, Austria. Principal Dancers: Fanny Elssler (as Marguerite) and Jules Perrot (as Mephistophelis). This production was mounted especially for the final performance of Fanny Elssler, who retired from the stage shortly thereafter.

• Revival by Perrot for the Imperial Ballet with a new adaptation to the score by Cesare Pugni. First presented at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St. Petersburg, on February 2/14 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1854. Principal Dancers: Guglielmina Salvioni (as Marguerite), Jules Perrot (as Mephistophelis), and Marius Petipa (as Faust).

• Revival by Marius Petipa for the Imperial Ballet with a new adaptation to the score by Cesare Pugni. First presented at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St. Petersburg, on November 2/14 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1867. Principal Dancers: Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (as Marguerite) and Timofei Stukolkin (as Mephistophelis).