[Programme for the ballet "The Pearl" in Petergof, 18 July 1898].
A.I. Vilborg, Saint Petersburg, 1896
A programme for "La Perle" with choreography by M. Petipa and music by R.Drigo, which was a piece d'occasion created for a gala given at the Imperial Bolshoy Theatre of Moscow in celebration of the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Fydorovna. La Perle was later transferred to the repertory of the Imperial Ballet and performed often throughout the 1900s.
Folio (36 x 26 cm), [8] pp., including covers lithographed in colour, text in French with multiple vignettes, bound together with a green silk ribbon; covers slightly soiled.
Folio (36 x 26 cm), [8] pp., including covers lithographed in colour, text in French with multiple vignettes, bound together with a green silk ribbon; covers slightly soiled.
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