“The Sleeping Beauty”, ballet in a prologue and three acts, Op. 66

Composition date: 1888-89.

Libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa after Charles Perrault. Composed in 1888-89 and premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1890. Dedicated to Vsevolozhsky....Read more

Composition date: 1888-89.

Libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa after Charles Perrault. Composed in 1888-89 and premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1890. Dedicated to Vsevolozhsky.

Synopsis. The fairy Carabosse curses Princess Aurora to die after pricking her finger on a spindle. The Lilac Fairy commutes death to a hundred-year sleep. Guided by the fairy, Prince Désiré finds the castle and awakens Aurora with a kiss. The final act is a wedding celebration attended by characters from Perrault’s tales.

Score numbers:
Introduction Allegro vivo
No. 1 (Prologue) March Moderato
No. 2 (Prologue) Dancing Scene: Entrance of the Fairies Moderato con moto—Tempo di Valse
No. 3 (Prologue) Pas de six; Adagio — Andante; Var. I. Candide . Allegro moderato; Var. II. Coulante: The Fairy of Blooming Wheat . Allegro; Var. III. Breadcrumb . Allegro moderato; Var. IV. The Singing Canary . Moderato; Var. V. Violante . Allegro molto vivace; Var. VI. The Lilac Fairy . Tempo di Valse; Coda . Allegro giusto
No. 4 (Prologue) Finale Andante—Allegro vivo
No. 5 (Act I) Scene Allegro vivo
No. 6 (Act I) Waltz Allegro. Tempo di Valse
No. 7 (Act I) Scene Andante
No. 8 (Act I) Pas d'action; Adagio ["Rose Adagio"] Andante—Adagio maestoso; Dances of the Maids of Honour and Pages Allegro moderato; Aurora's Variation Allegro moderato; Coda Allegro giusto
No. 9 (Act I) Finale Allegro giusto
No. 10 (Act II, Scene 1) Entr'acte and Scene Allegro con spirito
No. 11 (Act II, Scene 1) Blind Man's Buff Allegro vivo
No. 12 (Act II, Scene 1) Scene Moderato; Dance of the Duchesses Moderato con moto. Tempo di Menuetto; Dance of the Baronesses Allegro moderato. Tempo di Gavotte; Dance of the Countesses Allegro non troppo; Dance of the Marchionesses Allegro non troppo
No. 13 (Act II, Scene 1) Farandole; Scene Poco più vivo; Dance Allegro non troppo. Tempo di Mazurka
No. 14 (Act II, Scene 1) Scene Allegro con spirito
No. 15 (Act II, Scene 1) Pas d'action; Scene of Aurora and Désiré Andante cantabile; Aurora's Variation Allegro con moto; Coda Presto
No. 16 (Act II, Scene 1) Scene Allegro agitato
No. 17 (Act II, Scene 1) Panorama Andantino
No. 18 (Act II, Scene 2) Entr'acte Andante sostenuto
No. 19 (Act II, Scene 2) Symphonic Entr'acte: Sleep Andante misterioso; Scene Allegro vivace
No. 20 (Act II, Scene 2) Finale Allegro agitato
No. 21 (Act III) March Allegro non troppo
No. 22 (Act III) Polonaise Allegro moderato e brillante
No. 23 (Act III) Pas de quatre; Allegro non tanto; Var. I. The Gold Fairy . Allegro. Tempo di Valse; Var. II. The Silver Fairy . Allegro giusto; Var. III. The Sapphire Fairy . Vivacissimo; Var. IV. The Diamond Fairy . Vivace; Coda . L'istesso tempo
No. 24 (Act III) Pas de caractère; Puss-in-Boots and the White Cat Allegro moderato
No. 25 (Act III) Pas de quatre; Adagio; Var. I. Cinderella and Prince Fortuné . Allegro. Tempo di Valse; Var. II. The Blue Bird and Princess Florine . Andantino; Coda . Presto
No. 26 (Act III) Pas de caractère; Little Red Riding-Hood and the Wolf Allegro moderato; Cinderella and Prince Fortuné Allegro agitato
No. 27 (Act III) Pas berrichon; Tom Thumb, His Brothers, and the Ogre Allegro vivo
No. 28 (Act III) Pas de deux; Aurora and Prince Désiré Allegretto; Entrance Allegro moderato; Adagio Andante non troppo; Var. I. Prince Désiré . Vivace; Var. II. Aurora . Andantino; Coda . Allegro vivace
No. 29 (Act III) Sarabande Andante
No. 30 (Act III) Finale Allegro brillante. Tempo di Mazurka; Apotheosis Andante molto maestoso

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