Ninette à la cour

Ninette à la cour is a ballet in three acts by Maximilien Gardel. It had its premiere in Paris at the Opéra on 18 August 1778 and was mounted 11 times this year, but it was not staged in 1779. It enjoyed 27 performances in 1780-82, however, and it was revived again for a single production on 15 July 1802. The ballet opens with Ninette and Colas pledging their mutual love while picking peaches (I, 1). The notary arrives with their marriage contract (I, 2), and a band of hunters also appears on…