La Fille de marbre

La Fille de marbre was a pantomic ballet in two acts and three tableaux with a score by Cesare Pugni. Its book and choreography were the work of Charles Saint-Léon. The sets were designed by Cambon and Thierry . It had its world premiere at the Royal Academy of Music in Paris on 20 October 1847. The ballet begins in the place of the Genius of Fire to which Satan and the sculptor Manassès have come to obtain a soul for the beautiful marble statue that the artist has just completed. He is willing…