Flore et Zéphire

Flore et Zéphire is a ballet-divertissement in a single act for which Charles-Louis Didelot wrote the book and the choreography (see eighteenth-century volume for Didelot). Cesare Bossi created its original score, and Liparotti provided it with machinery and scenery for its initial run. It had its world premiere at King’s Theatre in London on 7 July 1896 with Mme Rose Colinette and its choreographer in the title-roles. It had its first performance in Paris at the Royal Academy of Music on 12…