Roxana, the Beauty of Montenegro

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Roxana, the Beauty of Montenegro (AKA Roxana) is a fantastic ballet in 4 acts, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Ludwig Minkus. Libretto by Sergei Khudekov and Marius Petipa.

First presented by the Imperial Ballet on January 29/February 11 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1878 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Principal Dancers - Eugeniia Sokolova (as Roxana)

Notes

• The ballet historian Konstantin Skalkovsky gives an account in his study of late-19th century ballet in St. Petersburg of how Minkus' Grand Marché from the third Act of this ballet "was the favorite piece of Tsar Alexander II, who in general did not love music. Several units of our troops (the Russian Army) stormed the Plevna to the music of this march".

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