"Thinking his sylph has returned, he rushes over, only to find the witch"
from the plot of ballett "La Sylphide"
from the plot of ballett "La Sylphide"
"After La Sylphide, Les Filetes de Vulcan and Flore et Zéphire were no longer possible, the Opéra was given over to gnomes, undines, salamandres, elves, nixes, wilis, peris - to all that strange and mysterious folk who lend themselves so marvelously to the fantasies of the maitres de ballet"
(Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850)
(Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850)
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