Tickets to mariinsky ballet and opera theatre (russia) Online booking and payment (visa, mastercard, apple pay). He is the scent of a rose, the caress of its delicate petals,” described michel fokine his le spectre de la rose He got the idea from a poem by the romantic poet théophile gautier The short ballet created in 1911 for les saisons russes became emblematic for the diaghilev’s company. Le carnaval, le spectre de la rose, the swan, and schéhérazade, all by michel fokine.
The role of pierrot at the premiere was performed by the emergent stage director vsevolod meyerhold. With his phenomenal talent for characterization, he created some of his most renowned roles in fokine’s le carnaval, les sylphides (a revision of chopiniana), le spectre de la rose, schéhérazade, petrushka, le dieu bleu, daphnis et chloé, and narcisse His later ballets included mephisto valse and les papillons de nuit. Je suis le spectre d'une rose que tu portais hier au bal. Originally scored for solo cello accompanied by two pianos, it has been arranged and transcribed for many instruments but remains best known as a cello solo.
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