''Frizak the Barber'' (''The Barber'' or ''Frizak'' or ''The Double Wedding'') is a

comic ballet Comic ballet is a subcategory of narrative ballet, and denotes a dramatic work of a light or comic nature. Catherine d'Medici enjoyed the Italian custom of staging entertainments where classical or allegorical legends were retold through music and ...

in one act, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music adapted by

Ludwig Minkus Ludwig Minkus (russian: link=no, Людвиг Минкус), also known as Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (23 March 1826, Vienna – 7 December 1917, Vienna), was a Jewish-Austrian composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher. Minkus is no ...

from themes derived from Italian opera (from the works of Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi,

Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was a Sicilian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania". Many years later, in 1898, Gius ...

and

Gioacchino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards ...

). The ballet was first presented by the

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on March 11/23 ( Julian/ Gregorian calendar dates) 1879 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in

St. Petersburg, Russia Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. The principal dancers at the première included Mariia Gorshenkova and

Pavel Gerdt Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt (russian: Па́вел Андре́евич Ге́рдт), also known as Paul Gerdt (near Saint Petersburg, Russia, 22 November 1844 – Vamaloki, Finland, 12 August 1917), was the ''Premier Danseur Noble'' of the Imperial ...

Notes

*It has been conjectured by ballet historians that this work was a revival of a ballet of the same title originally produced by Petipa's father

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for the Ballet du Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium, where it was first performed on 19 February 1822. Ballets by Marius Petipa Ballets by Ludwig Minkus 1879 ballet premieres Ballets premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg {{ballet-stub