Le Corsaire

Le Corsaire was a pantomime ballet in three acts and five tableaux with a score by Adolphe Adam, a libretto by Jules-Henri de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier, and choreography by Mazilier alone. Its sets were created by Despléchin , Cambon , Thierry , and Martin , and its machinery was designed by Sacré . The ballet was suggested but not heavily influenced by Lord Byron ’s poem of the same title. It had its premiere at the Imperial Theatre of the Opéra on 23 January 1856, and the presence of…