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Bournonville Ballets

Surviving Ballets

August Bournonville is one of my favorite choreographers. Unfortunately, very little of his vast output has survived, as you can see from the following list of those that have.

I'm particularly interested in the possible revival of some of his "lost" works. Because the detailed choreography of most of these really is lost, one can only attempt to reconstruct them "in the Bournonville style." Various aids are available, such as the surviving works and the daily classes and, in some cases, dancers' recollections and literary references.

All Ballets

The following table lists all Bournonville's dance works. These include complete ballets and divertissements, several of which were included in operas and plays. As you can see, there are some gaps in details for some of the works listed and I'll be very grateful if you can fill any of these. If you are able, please supply details of the source of information. You can email them to me, using the link on the home page, or post them to the alt.arts ballet newsgroup. Many thanks.

Danish Title
Foreign Title
Composer
First Performed
Description
Abdallah Abdallah 47 1855 B
Adriana Adriana 14 - -
Aladdin eller Den Forunderlige Lampe Aladdin or The Magic Lantern 14, 31 1839 P
Den Alvorlige Pige The Earnest Maiden 33 1856 D
Arcona Arcona 24 1875 B
Ariadne Ariadne - - -
Bellmann eller Polskdansen på Grönalund Bellmann or The Polish Dance at Grönalund 47 1844 B
Den Bjærgtagne The Bewitched 22 1876 O
Blomsterfesten i Genzano The Flower Festival at Genzano 26, 47 1858 B
Bortførelsen Die Entführung aus dem Serail 42 - O
Bouquet Royal - 35 1870 D
Brama og Bayaderen Le Dieu et la Bayadère 3 1841 O
Broncehesten The Bronze Horse 3 1871 O
Brudefærden i Hardanger The Wedding in Hardanger 47 1853 B
Bruden The Fiancée 3 1831 O
Brylluppet ved Comosøen The Wedding at Lake Como 17 1849 O
En Børnefest A Children's Party 47 1844 D
El Capricho - 35 1858 D
Cort Adeler i Venedig Cort Adeler in Venice 25 1870 B
Czaren og Tømmermanden Zar und Zimmermann 34 1846 O
Diamantkorset Das Diamantkreuz 52 1847 O
Dina Dina - - -
Don Juan Don Giovanni 42 1845 O
Don Quixote ved Camachos Bryllup Don Quixote at Camacho's Wedding 40, 50, 54, 56, 62 1837 B
Dronningens Livgarde The Queen's Life Guard 21 1848 O
Elverpigen The Elf Maiden 23 1867 O
Erik Menveds Barndom The Childhood of Erik Menved 5, 13 1843 B
Et Eventyr i Billeder A Fairy Tale in Pictures 28, 53 1871 B
Eventyret på Maskaraden eller Den Sorte Domino Le Domino Noir 3 1839 O
Fantasiens Ø eller Fra Kinas Kyst The Isle of Fantasy 3, 7, 24, 26, 36, 47, 62 1838 B
Farvel til det Gamle Teater Farewell to the Old Theatre - 1874 B
Faust Faust 9, 29, 50, 54, 55, 56, 59 1832 B
Faust Faust 19 - O
Federigo - 51 1848 O
Festen i Albano The Festival in Albano 13 1839 B
Fidelio Fidelio 4 1829 O
Figaros Bryllup Le Nozze di Figaro 42 1844 O
Fiorella - 3 1838 O
De Fire Aarstider eller Amors Rejse The Four Seasons or Cupid's Journey Not performed - -
Fiskerpigerne The Fisher Girls 35 1858 D
Fjeldstuen eller Tyve Aar The Mountain Hut or Twenty Years 23, 61 1859 B
Fjernt fra Danmark eller Et Costumebal Ombord Far from Denmark or a Costume Ball Onboard 12, 18, 33, 35 1860 B
Et Folkesagn A Folk Tale 14, 24 1854 B
Et Folkesagn A Folk Tale - - P
Fra det Forrige Aarhundrede From the Last Century 28 1875 B
Fra Siberien til Moskou From Siberia to Moscow 44 1876 B
Fædrelandets Muser The Fatherland's Muses 13, 14 1840 B
Galop Militaire - 35 1859 D
Gamle Minde Old Memories 26 1848 B
Gevinsten The Prize 1822 - -
Gioacchino Gioacchino 51 1844 P
Gratiernes Hyldning Acclaim to the Graces 8, 15, 55 1829 D
Guerillabanden Les Guérillas 7 1834 O
Gustav den Tredje Gustav the Third - 1859 P
Hamburger Dans - 35 >1844 D
Hans Heiling Hans Heiling 38 1836 O
Det Hemmelige Ægteskab Il Matrimonio Segreto 10 1854 O
Herthas Offer Hertha's Offering 13 1838 D
Hertugen af Vendômes Pager Les Pages du Duc de Vendômes 20 1830 B
Hilsen til Jylland Greetings to Jutland 35 1849 D
Holmens faste Stok Holmen's Old Guard - - D
Hugenotterne Les Huguenots 41 1844 O
Husardans Danse de Hussards 35 1849 D
Den Hvide Dame La Dame Blanche 6 1826 O
Den Hvide Rose eller Sommeren i Bretagne The White Rose or Summer in Brittany 47 1847 B
Iphigenia i Aulis Iphigénie en Aulis 16 1861 O
Iphigenia i Tauris Iphigénie en Taride 16 1874 O
Johan fra Paris Jean de Paris 6 - O
Joseph og hans Brødre Joseph and his Brethren 40 - O
I Karpatherne In the Carpathians 47 1857 B
Kermessen i Brügge The Kermesse in Bruges 47 1851 B
Kilderejsen - 24 1859 P
Kirsten Piil - 26 1845 B
Kjærligheds Spandomme The Prophesy of Love - - D
Klerkevænget Le Pré aux Clercs 27 1834 O
Konservatoriet eller El Avisfrieri The Dancing School or a Proposal by Advertising 47 1849 B
Korsikaneren The Corsican 23 1873 O
Kronjuvelerne Les Diamants de la Couronne 3 1843 O
Landsby Spaamanden The Village Fortune Teller - 1823 -
Liden Kirsten Little Kirsten 24 1858 O
Den Lille Rødhætte Little Red Riding Hood - - -
Livjægerne på Amager The King's Volunteers on Amager 12, 28, 35 1871 B
Lohengrin Lohengrin 58 1870 O
Lucia af Lammermoor Lucia di Lammermoor 11 1857 O
Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia 11 1859 -
Lykkens Hjul eller Den Sidste Tallotteri-Kollektør The Lucky Wheel or the Last Number-Lottery Office 51 1848 P
De Lystige Koner i Windsor Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 46 1867 O
Mandarinens Døtre The Mandarin's Daughter 28 1873 B
Maritana Maritana 35 1847 D
Maskeraden Maskerade 47 1849 P
Matrosens Hjemkomst The Sailor's Return - - D
Mestersangerne i Nürnberg Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 58 1872 O
Mindets Krans for Danmarks Store Digter A Memorial Wreath to Denmark's Great Poet 44 1879 D
Moses Moise 50 1843 O
Muurmesteren The Master Mason 3 - O
Napoli eller Fiskeren og hans brud Napoli or the Fisher and his Bride 14, 26, 35, 47 1842 B
Nina eller Den Vanvittige af Kjælighed Nina ou la Folle par Amour 2, 48 1834 B
Nøkken The Nix 17 1853 O
Den Nye Penelope eller Foraarsfesten i Athenen The New Penelope or The Spring Festival in Athens 36 1847 B
Olaf den Hellige Saint Olave 24 1838 P
Orestias The Oresteia - Not performed -
Orpheus (Act II) Orpheo ed Euridice 16 - O
Paschaens Datter The Pasha's Daughter 25 1869 O
Paul og Virginie Paul et Virginie 30 1830 B
Polacca Guerriera Polacca Guerriera 35 1846 D
Polka Militaire Polka Militaire 35 1842 D
Polketta - 35 1858 D
La Polonaise - 35 1859 D
Pontemolle, Et Kunstnergilde i Rom Pontemolle, An Artists' Party in Rome 28, 33, 45 1866 B
Postillonen i Lonjumeau La Postillon de Lonjumeau 1 1837 O
Preciosa - 59 1851 P
Prinsesse Isabella eller Tre Aftener ved Hoffet Princess Isabella or Three Nights at Court 62 1829 P
Psyche Psyche 26 1850 B
Rafael Raphael 13 1845 B
Ravnen The Raven 24 1832 O
Robert af Normandiet Robert le Diable 41 1873 O
Romeo og Giulietta Romeo and Giulietta 53 1833 B
Scandinavian Quadrille 35 1870 D
Slaget ved Stiklestad (a battle scene from Olaf den Hellige) The Battle of Stiklestad 24 1838 P
Soldat og Bonde Soldier and Peasant 8, 29, 32, 49 1829 B
Søntags Echo An Echo of Sunday 47 1848 D
Den Stumme i Portici La Muette de Portici 3 1830 O
Sylfiden La Sylphide 36 1836 B
Sylfiden La Sylphide - - P
Søvngængersken1 (after Aumer) La Somnabule 27 1829 B
Tannhäuser Tannhäuser 58 - O
Tarantella Napolitana La Tarantule 35 1859 D
Tempelherren og Jødingen Der Templer und die Jüdin 38 1834 O
Thrymskviden The Legend of Thrym 24 1868 B
Toreadoren The Toreador 26 1840 B
De Tre Cousiner Pas de Trois Cousines - 1849 D
Troubadouren Il Trovatore 57 1865 O
Tryllefløjten Die Zauberflöte 42 - -
Tyrolerne The Tyroleans 13, 50 1835 B
De Uimodstaaelige The Irresistible 35 1850 D
Udfaldet i Classens Have The Sally from the Classen-Park - 1871 D
Undine - 24 1842 P
Uthal Uthal 40 1846 O
Valdemar Valdemar 13 1835 B
Valkyrien The Valkyrie 24 1861 B
La Ventana La Ventana 35 1854/1856 D
Veteranen eller Det Gjæstfrie Tag Veteren or The Hospitable House - - -
Vistors Bryllup eller Fædrene Arven Victor's Wedding or The Ancestral Heritage 29 1831 B
Villars Dragoner (Sequel to Soldat og Bonde) Villar's Dragoons 37 1870 O
Weyses Minde In Memory of Weyse 28, 60 1874 D
Wilhelm Tell Guglielmo Tell 50 1842 O
William Shakespeare - 31 1858 P
Yelva Yelva 43 1835 P
Zampa eller Marmorbruden Zampa ou La Fiancée de Marbre 27 1831 O
Zelma eller Krystalpaladset Zelma or The Crystal Palace 47 1852 B
- Aegir's Wedding - - B
- The Autumn - - -
- Bouquet de Fantaisie - - -
- Carnival Night - - -
- Cavalleria Rusticana 39 - O
- Corragio - - P
- Don Ranudo de Colibrados - - P
- Danes in China (fragment from Fantasiens Ø) - - D
- The Elve's Hill - - P
- The Flower Maidens of Florence - - D
- The Golden Wedding Anniversary of the Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse and Princess Charlotte of Denmark - 1860 -
- Habor and Signe - - -
- Las Hermanas de Sevilla - - D
- Le Maçon 3 - O
- The Merchant of Venice - - P
- The Night at Norderhoug - - -
- The Norns - - -
- Le Petit Chaperon Rouge 6 - O
- The Spring - - -
- The Summer - - -
- Die Walküre 58 - O

Character dances and individual pas composed and arranged for:

Mlles. Cetti, Fjeldsted, Fredstrup, Funck, Grahn, the Healey sisters, Krætzmer, Nielsen, Norberg, Petersen; Amalie, Juliette and Sophie Price; Schnell, Scholl and Westberg.

Ms. Bournonville, Brodersen, E. Hansen, Funck, Hoppe, Johansson, Krum, Lund; Julius and V. Price.

Key to Composers

Reference
Composer
1 Adam, Adolphe (Charles)
2 d'Alayrac
3 Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit
4 Beethoven, Ludwig van
5 Bochsa, (Robert) Nicolas (Charles)
6 Boïeldieu, (François) Adrien
7 Bredal, Ivar Frederik
8 Boïeldieu, (François) Adrien
9 Carlini
10 Cimarosa, Domenico
11 Donizetti, (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria)
12 Dupuy, (J.B.) Edouard (L.) Camille
13 Fröhlich, J.F.
14 Gade, Niels (Wilhelm)
15 Gallenberg
16 Gluck, Christoph Willibald (Ritter von)
17 Glæser, F.
18 Glæser, Jos
19 Gounod, Charles (François)
20 Gyrowetz, Adalbert
21 Halévy, (Jacques-François-)Fromental(-Elie)
22 Hallström, Ivar
23 Hartmann, Emil
24 Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius
25 Heise, Peter Arnold
26 Helsted, Edvard
27 Hérold, (Luis Joseph) Ferdinand
28 Holm, Wilhelm Christian
29 Keck, Ph. L.
30 Kreutzer, Rodolphe
31 Kuhlau, Friedrich
32 Lefebvre, Charles Édouard
33 Lincke, A.F.
34 Lortzing, (Gustav) Albert
35 Lumbye, Hans Christian
36 Løvenskjold, Herman V.
37 Maillart, Louis
38 Marschner, Heinrich August
39 Mascagni, Pietro
40 Méhul, Étienne Nicolas
41 Meyerbeer, Giacomo
42 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
43 Muth-Rasmussen, P.D.
44 Moller1, C.C.
45 Neruda, F.
46 Nicolai, (Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried)
47 Paulli, Holger Simon
48 Persuis
49 Romani
50 Rossini, Gioachino (Antonio)
51 Rung, H.
52 Saloman, Siegfried
53 Schall
54 Schneitzhöffer, Jean-Madeleine
55 Sor, (Joseph) Fernando (Macari)
56 Spontini, Gaspare (Luigi Pacifico)
57 Verdi, Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco)
58 Wagner, (Wilhelm) Richard
59 Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von
60 Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich
61 Winding, August
62 Zinck, L.

Key to Descriptions

Abbreviation
Description
B Ballet
D Divertissement
O Divertissement for opera
P Divertissement for play

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Last updated : August 8 2000
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