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''La Forêt enchantée'' (en. ''The Enchanted Forest'') (ru. «Очарованный лес», ''Ocharovanyi les'') is a ''ballet fantastique'' in one act, originally choreographed by Lev Ivanov to the music of Riccardo Drigo, first presented by students of the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the school's theatre on .〔 == History == ''La Forêt enchantée'' was created for the graduation performance of students attending the Imperial Ballet School, and was Lev Ivanov's first original work after having recently been appointed second ''maître de ballet'' of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres.〔 The ballet was also the composer and conductor Riccardo Drigo's first complete score for a full-length ballet after having been appointed to the dual position of director of music and ''Kapellmeister'' to the Imperial Ballet, as well as principal conductor of ballet and Italian opera performances at the Mariinsky Theatre.〔 The first student performances of ''La Forêt enchantée'' featured the graduate Alexandra Vinogradova in the principal role of Valeria.〔 The ballet was quickly transferred to the repertory of the Imperial Ballet, though with changes. Among them was the changing of the names of the principal characters: the ballerina's character was changed from Valeria to Ilka, while the danseur's character was changed from Petrus to Josi.〔 Ivanov also expanded the corps de ballet of dryads.〔 The first performance was given on at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on a bill with Jules Perrot's ballet ''La naïade et le pêcheur''. For this performance the ballerina Varvara Nikitina led the cast.〔 Lev Ivanov's staging and choreography were greatly criticized by contemporary critics after the first performance on the Mariinsky stage. The theatre critic of the ''St. Petersburg Gazette'' stated in his review that ''"...this is Mr. Ivanov's first attempt as an independent ballet master ... excepting one variation with classical shadings, there is absolutely nothing in the new ballet deserving of praise."''〔 Riccardo Drigo's score was received far more positively. The critic for the newspaper ''The New Time'' reviewed that ''" ... the music of this ballet is outstanding in a symphonic sense, reveals an experienced composer, a man with taste, and an excellent orchestrator. There are beautiful melodies in it, the rhythms are not overdone, and everything is listened to with pleasure from beginning to end."''〔 Drigo's score was eventually published in 1909 in piano reduction and orchestral partition by the music publisher Zimmerman. In 1889 ''La Forêt enchantée'' was chosen by the director of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres Ivan Vsevolozhsky to be revived by Marius Petipa for performances attended by the Imperial Russian court at Peterhof Palace. For this revival, Petipa re-choreographed the entire ballet and commissioned the composer Riccardo Drigo to expand his original score with music for new dances. Among these additions was a new ''Grand Pas des dryads'' arranged for a corps de ballet of dryads led by a new character called the Dryad Queen that Petipa created for his daughter Marie. Also included were two new solo variations for the principal role of Ilka and for the Genie of the forest, respectively. The variation for Ilka featured an obligatto solo for harp crafted by Drigo for the virtuoso harpist Albert Zabel. The revival of ''La Forêt enchantée'' premiered on , again with Varvara Nikitina in the role of Ilka.〔 After the premiere of the Peterhof revival, the ballet was performed with regularity on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, becoming a favorite of many ballerinas at the turn-of-the 20th century. It was performed for the last time during the Imperial Ballet's summer season at Krasnoe Selo on .〔 Many pieces of music from Riccardo Drigo's score for ''La Forêt enchantée'' appeared in several ballets throughout the Soviet-era and continue to be heard in different works, particularly in Russia. Drigo's 1889 variation for the Genie of the Forest is used to accompany the male solo in the so-called ''La Fille mal Gardée pas de deux'', which is a staple at galas and on the competition circuit. Vladimir Bourmeister's 1950 production of the romantic ballet ''La Esmeralda'' (revived in 2009) for the Stanislavsky Musical Theatre includes several pieces extracted from the score. The choreographer Alexei Ratmansky would also utilize music from ''La Forêt enchantée'' for his ''Grand pas des éventails'' that appears in the final act of the Bolshoi Ballet's 2007 production of ''Le Corsaire''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Enchanted Forest (ballet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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