Stella ou les contrebandiers

Stella ou les contrebandiers was a pantomimic ballet in two acts and four tableaux. Its scenario and choreogrpahy were the work of Charles-Victor-Arthur Saint-Léon, and its score was created by Cesare Pugni. It had its world premiere with sets by Cambon and Thierry at the Opéra on 22 February 1850. Petrucio, the leader of a band of Neapolitan smugglers, has just evaded the customs agents on the coast of Pozzuola with another load of contraband, and he asks his nephew, Jacoppo Balbi, whether his…