La Esmeralda

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La Esmeralda is a 19th-century classical ballet, inspired by Victor Hugo’s novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," renowned for its dramatic storytelling and virtuosic choreography.

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La Esmeralda canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf classical ballet ⓘ
romantic-era ballet ⓘ
adaptationOf Notre-Dame de Paris (novel) ⓘ
artForm ballet ⓘ
balletTradition romantic ballet tradition ⓘ
balletType full-length ballet ⓘ
basedOn The Hunchback of Notre-Dame ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Victor Hugo ⓘ
characterOrigin Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre-Dame ⓘ
linked to: Esmeralda
choreographer Jules Perrot ⓘ
composer Cesare Pugni ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre dramatic ballet ⓘ
narrative ballet ⓘ
hasCharacterRole title role of Esmeralda ⓘ
hasProp tambourine ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
influenced later 19th-century narrative ballets ⓘ
inspiredBy Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Jules Perrot ⓘ
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges ⓘ
mainCharacter Claude Frollo ⓘ
Esmeralda ⓘ
Gringoire ⓘ
Phoebus ⓘ
Quasimodo ⓘ
musicalStyle romantic ballet score ⓘ
notableFeature character-driven pantomime ⓘ
dramatic storytelling ⓘ
virtuosic choreography ⓘ
notableVariation Diana and Acteon pas de deux ⓘ
La Esmeralda pas de six ⓘ
Tambourine variation ⓘ
originalBalletCompany Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage French ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereDate 1844 ⓘ
premiereLocation Paris ⓘ
premiereTheatre Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique ⓘ
settingPeriod 15th century ⓘ
settingPlace Paris ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
subjectMatter gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the cathedral of Notre-Dame ⓘ
theme jealousy ⓘ
love ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ

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Marius Petipa → notableWork → La Esmeralda ⓘ
Cesare Pugni → notableWork → La Esmeralda ⓘ
Jules Perrot → notableWork → La Esmeralda ⓘ