Jovita ou les boucaniers

Jovita ou les boucaniers was a pantomime-ballet in three tableaux with a score of Théodore Labarre. Joseph Mazilier wrote its libretto and choreographed it. Its sets were created by Despléchin , Thierry , and Cambon . Victor Sacré was the chief machinist who engineered the sensational blast and its spectacular effects in the outlaws’ grotto at the end of the second tableau. The ballet had its world premiere at the Imperial Academy of Music on 11 November 1853. It enjoyed 23 performances during…