Sylvia, ou La Nymphe de Diane
Sylvia, ou La Nymphe de Diane. Ballet in 3 acts, mus. by Delibes, lib. by Barbier and de Reinach, choreog. Mérante. Prod. Paris 1876, London 1911. New choreog. by Ashton CG 1952.
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