Yedda

Yedda was a ballet presented as a “Japanese legend” in three acts with a score by Olivier Métra, a scenario by Philippe Gille and Arnold Mortier, and choreography by Louis Mérante. It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 17 January 1879, when a taste for Japan and its culture was being fostered by Bing , the Goncourt brothers, and the engraver Félix Bracquemond . Its sets were created by Daran (a. 1), the younger Lavastre (a. 2), Lavastre and Carpézat (a. 3). Eugène Lacoste designed its…