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Faust ballets are a set of ballets, choreographed between the 18th and 20th centuries, based on the legend ofFaust. As early as 1723, London-basedJohn Rich put on a Faust-inspiredballet pantomime calledThe Necromancer at theLincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. In the 19th century several productions took Faust as their subject matter includingAugust Bournonville's 1832 productionFaust for theRoyal Danish Ballet.[1]
In 1833,Andre Deshayes'Faust premiered in London with music byAdolphe Adam.[2]
On 12 February 1848, a Faust ballet premiered at theBallet of the Teatro alla Scala inMilan. This version featured choreography and libretto byJules Perrot and music byGiacomo Panizza,Michael Andrew Costa, andNiccolò Bajetti, withFanny Elssler (as Marguerite), Perrot (as Mephistophelis), Effisio Catte (as Faust), and Ekaterina Costantini (as Bambo, Queen of the Demons). Perrot revived the ballet three times between 1848 and 1854, the last featuring a revised score byCesare Pugni. In 1867,Marius Petipa revived this version again for theImperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre,St. Petersburg, using the revised Pugni score.
In 1852Paul Taglioni, brother ofMaria Taglioni (the first ballerina to danceen pointe), choreographedSatanella oder Metamorphosen with music by composed byPeter Ludwig Hertel. A few years later,Julius Reisinger'sMephistophelia premiered inHamburg andMeyer Lutz composed the score forJoseph Lanner's 1895 production.[3]
The trend continued into the 20th century with ballets created by Remislav Remislavsky, Heiner Luipart and female choreographerNina Kirsanova based on an unstaged 19th centurylibretto Der Doktor Faust, written byHeinrich Heine.Romantic composerBerlioz'sLa Damnation de Faust was staged by French choreographerMaurice Béjart for theParis Opera Ballet in 1964). Béjart's 1975 productionNotre Faust was set toBach'sB minor Mass.[1] Béjart himself danced inNotre Faust at its New York City premiere in 1977.[4]
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