Annette et Lubin

Annette et Lubin is a pantomimic ballet in a single act for which Noverre did the scenario and choreography. The composer of its score remains unknown. It had its premiere at the Opéra on 9 July 1778 with Paisiello’s Le Due Contesse during the second phase of the guerre des bouffons. The work by Noverre was soon included in spectacle coupé programs, but it never became very popular, although Mlles Heinel and Guimard danced in it with Jean Bercher Dauberval and Auguste Vestris . Yet it did enjoy…