Astolphe et Joconde ou les Coureurs d’aventures

Astolphe et Joconde ou les Coureurs d’aventures was a pantomime ballet in two acts with music by Louis Hérold and choreography by Jean Aumer who based his scenario on a comic opera by Charles Etienne (see eighteenth-century volume for Aumer and Etienne). Pierre Cicéri created the sets. A popular work in its time, it had its premiere at the Royal Academy of Music on 29 January 1827, and it enjoyed 29 presentations during its first year at the Opéra. It was billed for a total of 50 performances…