Achille à Scyros

Achille à Scyros was presented as a pantomime ballet in three acts with music by Cherubini and choreography by Pierre-Gabriel Gardel. Napoleon attended the premiere of this work on 18 December 1804, and it enjoyed an appreciable measure of success. It was withdrawn apparently for changes after its second performance on 28 December 1804, but it was returned to the stage on 22 February 1805, and it was mounted on another dozen dates before the end of the year. In 1806 and 1807, it was included on…