During one scene in this ballet, the hunting companions of a central character fail to cheer him up with a game of blind man's bluff.
Under the supervision of his elder cousin Alexander Siloti, a bright 17-year old Rachmaninoff arranged this ballet into a piano duet. During one scene in this ballet, the hunting companions of a central character fail to cheer him up with a game of blind man's bluff. The wig of a master of ceremonies named Catallabutte is ripped off early in this ballet. Dances for Puss in Boots and Little Red Riding Hood appear at the end of this ballet, whose first act is set when the title character is (*) sixteen and involves the arrest of some knitting women as a necessary precaution. The Lilac Fairy correctly declares that the title character will sleep for 100 years before being awoken by the kiss of Florimund, thwarting the plans of the evil fairy Carabosse. For 10 points, identify this ballet by Petipa and Tchaikovsky, taken from a fairy tale originating in Charles Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose.
Under the supervision of his elder cousin Alexander Siloti, a bright 17-year old Rachmaninoff arranged this ballet into a piano duet.
The {Sleeping Beauty} [or {Spyashchaya Krasavitsa}]