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Frizak the Barber (The Barber or Frizak or The Double Wedding ) is a
comic ballet in one act, with
choreography by
Marius Petipa and music adapted by
Ludwig Minkus from themes derived from
Italian opera (from the works of
Giacomo Meyerbeer ,
Giuseppe Verdi ,
Vincenzo Bellini and
Gioacchino Rossini ).
The ballet was first presented by the
Imperial Ballet on March 11/23 (
Julian /
Gregorian calendar dates) 1879 at the
Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in
St. Petersburg, Russia .
The principal dancers at the première included
Mariia Gorshenkova and
Pavel Gerdt .
Notes
1847–59
Paquita (*1847, *1881)
Le Diable amoureux (as "Satanella") (*1848)
Leda, the Swiss Milkmaid (1849)
Giselle (*1850, *1884, *1899, *1903)
The Star of Granada (1855)
The Rose, the Violet, and the Butterfly (1857)
Le Corsaire (*1858, *1863, *1868, *1885, *1899)
A Marriage During the Regency (1858)
The Parisian Market (1859, *1861)
1860–79
The Blue Dahlia (1860, *1875)
Terpsichore (1861)
The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862, *1885, *1898)
The Beauty of Lebanon (1863)
The Traveling Dancer (1864)
Florida (1866)
Titania (1866)
Faust (*1867)
The Benevolent Cupid (1868)
The Slave (1868)
Le Roi Candaule (1868, *1891, *1903)
Don Quixote (1869, *1871)
Trilby (1870)
Catarina (*1870)
The Two Stars (1871)
Camargo (1872)
Le Papillon (*1874)
Ondine (as "The Naiad and the Fisherman") (*1874, *1892)
The Bandits (1875)
The Adventures of Peleus (1876, *1897)
La Bayadère (1877, *1900)
Roxana (1878)
Ariadne (1878)
The Daughter of the Snows (1879)
Frizak the Barber (1879)
Mlada (1879, *1896)
1880–99 1900–03
Les Ruses d'Amour or The Trial of Damis (1900)
The Seasons (1900)
Harlequinade (1900)
The Heart of the Marquis (1902)
The Magic Mirror (1903)
The Romance of the Rosebud and the Butterfly (never presented)