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Rita Sangalli as Sylvia in the 1876 production

Sylvia is a ballet. It was first performed in Paris in 1876. The dances were designed by Louis Mérante. The music was written by Léo Delibes. The ballet has a mythological setting. One of the best known musical numbers from the ballet is the "Pizzicato".

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  • Sangalli edited

    Rita Sangalli as Sylvia in the 1876 production

  • Sylvia -Preo -1901

    Olga Preobrajenska in the title rôle of Sylvia. St. Petersburg, 1901

  • Sergei Legat as Aminta in Syvlia

    Sergei Legat in the rôle of the shepherd Aminta in Sylvia. This photograph shows the moment where he is struck by Sylvia's arrow. St. Petersburg, 1901.

  • Fonteynsylvia

    Margot Fonteyn kneeling before Julia Farron (Diana) in the 1952 production

  • Sylmurbel

    Gillian Murphy and Maxim Beloserkovsky as Sylvia and Aminta in American Ballet Theatre's 2005 production of Ashton's Sylvia

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    Julie Kent and Gennadi Saveliev in American Ballet Theatre's 2005 production of Ashton's Sylvia

  • Angel Corella as Aminta

    Angel Corella in a 2005 performance as Aminta, from an ABT production of Frederick Ashton's ballet Sylvia

  • Sylherrera

    Paloma Herrera as Sylvia (center) in American Ballet Theatre's 2005 production of Ashton's Sylvia

  • Sylviascore

    Excerpt from Delibes' score: The first few measures of Pizzicato from Sylvia

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