THE PROBLEM OF AUTHORSHIP OF THE LIBRETTO TO THE BALLET LA BAYADERE
Abstract
The article is devoted to the problem of authorship of the libretto for the ballet La Bayadère, (1877). In all ballet sources, including encyclopedic editions, experts call S. N. Khudekov as the librettist of the La Bayadère. His contemporaries, people from his circle and the world of ballet (Plescheev, Skalkovsky, Vazem, and others) were convinced of Khudekov’s authorship. However, an appeal to theatrical printed materials accompanying the premiere of La Bayadère shows that Khudekov’s name is not mentioned in any capacity. Investigating this paradox, the author of the article offers his evidence of the identity of the unsigned Russian ballet libretto to Khudekov’s hand.
About the Author
S. V. Tikhonenko
Vaganova Ballet Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Snezhana V. Tikhonenko — Postgraduate student
2 Zodchego Rossi Str., St. Petersburg 191023
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Review
For citations:
Tikhonenko S.V. THE PROBLEM OF AUTHORSHIP OF THE LIBRETTO TO THE BALLET LA BAYADERE. Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy. 2018;(6):41-51. (In Russ.)
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