Les Deux Pigeons

Les Deux Pigeons is a ballet in two acts and three tableaux with a score by André Messager and an argument by Henri Régnier in collaboration with Louis Mérante, who also created the choreography. The scenario is based upon La Fontaine ’s poem by the same title. The work had its world premiere at the Opéra on 18 October 1886 with sets by the team of Rubé and Chaperon (a. 1) and Lavastre (a. 2). Charles Bianchini designed its costumes. The ballet is set in a village square dominated by a pigeon…