Pauline Leroux in François Benoist's Le Diable amoureux

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to the music of

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and

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. The libretto by

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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

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(as Uriel), Mazilier (as Alvaro, for ballet his name is Frederic), and

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(as Lilia).Le Diable amoureux
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Revivals

*Revival by

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and

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for Russia's

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

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. Principal dancers:

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

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. First presented on at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. Principal dancers: Praskovia Lebedeva as Satanella, and

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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:

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as Satanella, and

as Count Fabio. *Revival of Petipa by

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

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. Principal dancers:

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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