Paquita

Paquita was billed as a pantomine-ballet in two acts and three tableaux with a score by Ernest Deldevez and a libretto by Paul Foucher and Joseph Mazilier. Mazilier choreographed his own work. The sets were created by Philastre and Cambon (a. 1) and Diéterle , Séchan , and Despléchin (a. 2). Larmier and H. de B. d’Orschwiller designed its costumes. Marius Petipa produced Paquita for his St. Petersburg debut in 1847. The ballet is set in the valley of the hills near Saragossa, where a mason is…