Aelia et Mysis

Aelia et Mysis was billed as a pantomimic ballet in two acts with a score by Henri Potier and a libretto and choreography by Joseph Mazilier, Cambon , Thierry , and Despléchin created its sets. It had its premiere at the Imperial Academy of Music on 21 September 1853, but audiences were not impressed by it, and it had to be dropped from the repertory after its 13th performance on 4 January 1854. The ballet is set in Ostium at the villa of the Roman consul Messala. Aelia has just emerged from…