L’Etoile de Messine

L’Etoile de Messine was a pantomime ballet in two acts and six tableaux with music by Count Nicolas Gabrielli and a libretto by Paul Foucher. Borri created its choreography for Mme Amalia Ferraris , and its sets were done by Despléchin , Thierry , Cambon , and Martin . It had its premiere at the Imperial Academy of Music on 20 November 1861, and its Italian-style score failed to inspire more than a moderate measure of interest in Paris. It was given on 34 dates in 1861-63, but it was withdrawn…