Pauline Leroux in François Benoist's Le Diable amoureux

''Le Diable amoureux'' (also known as ''Satanella'' or ''Love and Hell'') is a ''ballet-pantomime'' in three acts and eight scenes, originally choreographed by

Joseph Mazilier Joseph Mazilier (1 March 1801 in Marseilles – 19 May 1868 in Paris) was a 19th-century French dancer, balletmaster and choreographer. He was born as ''Giulio Mazarini''. He was most noted for his ballets '' Paquita'' (1844) and '' Le Corsaire ...

to the music of Napoléon Henri Reber and François Benoist. The libretto by

Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (7 November 1799 – 23 December 1875) was a French playwright, who was born and died in Paris. He was one of the most prolific librettists of the 19th century, often working in collaboration with others. Sa ...

is based on

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's 1772 occult romance '' The Devil in Love''. The work was first presented by the Ballet of the Royal Academy of Music (Paris Opera Ballet) in

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on 23 September 1840, with

Pauline Leroux Adèle-Louise-Pauline Leroux (19 August 1809–5 February 1891) was a French dancer and ballerina of the 19th-century Romantic ballet era and a member of the Paris Opera Ballet. Born in Paris, she was the daughter of Louis-Bénigne-Marie Ler ...

(as Uriel), Mazilier (as Alvaro, for ballet his name is Frederic), and Louise Fitz-James (as Lilia).Le Diable amoureux
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Revivals

*Revival by Marius Petipa and Jean-Antoine Petipa for Russia's

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under the title ''Satanella'', with music orchestrated and revised by Konstantin Liadov. First presented on at the

Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre The Saint Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre (The Big Stone Theatre of Saint Petersburg, russian: Большой Каменный Театр) was a theatre in Saint Petersburg. It was built in 1783 to Antonio Rinaldi's Neoclassical ...

Saint Petersburg 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 ...

. Principal dancers:

Yelena Andreyanova Elena Ivanovna Andreïanova , sometimes spelt Yelena Andreyanova (Russian Елена Ивановна Андреянова), 13 July 1819 St. Petersburg - 28 October 1857 Paris, was a Russian ballerina. She is considered to be the outstanding Ru ...

as Satanella, and Marius Petipa as Count Fabio. *Revival by Petipa for the Imperial Ballet with additional music by

Cesare Pugni Cesare Pugni (; russian: Цезарь Пуни, Cezar' Puni; 31 May 1802 in Genoa – ) was an Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist. In his early career he composed operas, symphonies, and various other forms of orches ...

. First presented on at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. Principal dancers:

Praskovia Lebedeva Praskovya or Praskovia (russian: Прасковья) is an old Russian feminine given name. It derives from the Greek female name Paraskeve, meaning "preparation" or "Friday" (Friday being the day of preparation), the name of a martyred 2nd-century ...

as Satanella, and

Lev Ivanov Lev Ivanovich Ivanov (russian: link=no, Лев Ива́нович Ива́нов; 2 March 1834, Moscow – 24 December 1901, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet. ...

as Count Fabio. *Revival by Petipa for the Imperial Ballet with additional music by Cesare Pugni. First presented on at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. Principal dancers:

Alexandra Vergina Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "pro ...

as Satanella, and

as Count Fabio. *Revival of Petipa by

Ivan Chliustin Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

and Nicola Domashov for the Imperial Ballet. First presented on at the Bolshoi Theatre in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

. Principal dancers:

Lyubov Roslavleva Lyubov, Liubov or Lubov is a female given name, meaning “love”. It is of Slavic origin, coming from the basic word ''l'ub'' ( la, caritas). Variants * Russian: ''Любовь'' (Lyubov, Liubov, Lubov), ''Люба'' (Lyuba, Liuba, Luba) * Uk ...

Gallery

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Notes

References

* Garafola, Lynn / Petipa, Marius. ''The Diaries of Marius Petipa''. Trans, Ed., and introduction by Lynn Garafola. Published in ''Studies in Dance History.'' 3.1 (Spring 1992). {{DEFAULTSORT:Diable Amoureux, Le Ballets by Joseph Mazilier Ballets by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges Ballets by Napoléon Henri Reber Ballets by François Benoist 1840 ballet premieres Ballets premiered at the Paris Opera Ballet