Namouna

Namouna was a ballet in two acts and three tableaux with a scenario by Charles Nuitter and Lucien Petipa, a score by Edouard Lalo and Charles Gounod, and choreography by Petipa. Its sets were designed by Rubé and Chaperon (tabl. 1, 2) and Lavastre jeune (tabl. 3); its costumes were created by Eugène Lacoste . It had its world premiere at the National Academy of Music on 6 March 1882. The ballet is set in a casino at Corfu during the seventeenth century. Lord Adriani has lost all his money and…