Ballets

Ballets finding their way to the stage of the Opéra in Paris derive from a number of sources including the already established repertories of companies from other countries, the current repertories of other troupes active in Paris or the provinces, and even the creative imaginations of members of the corps de ballet at the Garnier (for the Garnier palace, see nineteenth-century volume) theatre itself. Yet there is still another origin for ballets created at the Paris opera house: the operas…