L’Oiseau de feu

L’Oiseau de feu was brought to the Opéra as a “danced story” in one act and two tableaux by the Ballets russes of Serge Diaghilev. It had its world premiere at the Garnier Palace on 25 June 1910 with a score by Igor Stravinsky and a scenario by Michel Fokine, who also choreographed the work. Golovine created the scenery and all the costumes for it except for the clothes that Léon Bakst designed for the Firebird and the Tsarevna. Later, in 1954, Wakhévitch did new sets for it, when Serge Lifar…