La Sylphide

La Sylphide was a ballet in two acts with music by Jean Schneitzhoeffer, a scenario by Adolphe Nourrit, and choreography by Filippo Taglioni (see eighteenth-century volume for Taglioni). Its scenery was done by Pierre Cicéri , and its costumes were created by Eugène Lami . It became one of the more popular ballets in the repertory with revivals and new versions produced in most of the important ballet centers of the world. It had its world premiere at the Royal Academy of Music on 12 March…