La Révolte au sérail

La Révolte au sérail was a ballet in three acts and four scenes with a libretto by Filippo Taglioni, a score by Théodore Labarre, and choreography by Taglioni (see eighteenth-century volume for Taglioni). It was given its world premiere at the Royal Academy of Music on 4 December 1833 with sets by Pierre Cicéri , Léger , Feuchère, and Despléchin . The moonlit set for the last act featuring the camp of the sleeping Amazons and their stacked arms inspired especially favorable comment in the press…