List of ballets by Adolphe Adam
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This is a list of the complete ballets of the French opera and ballet composer Adolphe Adam (1803-1856).
- La Chatte blanche. English-style pantomime in 1 act (composed jointly with Casimir Gide). Choreographer and librettist unknown. 26 July 1830. Théâtre des Nouveautés, Paris.
- Faust. Grand-ballet in 3 acts. Choreography and libretto by André Jean-Jacques Deshayes. 16 February 1833. King's Theatre, London.
- La Fille du Danube. Ballet-pantomime in 2 acts, 4 tableaux. Choreography by Filippo Taglioni. Libretto by Eugène Desmares. 21 September 1836. Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris.
- Les Mohicans. Ballet in 2 acts. Choreography by Antonio Guerra. Libreto by Léon Halévy. 5 July 1837. Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris.
- l'Écumeur des mer. Ballet-pantomime in 2 acts, 5 tableaux. Choreography and libretto by Joseph Mazilier. 10 May [O.S. 28 April] 1840. Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St. Petersburg.
- Die Hamadryaden. Opera-ballet in 2 acts, 4 tableaux. Choreography by Paul Taglioni. Libretto by de Colombey. 28 April 1840. Königliches Opernhaus, Berlin.
- Giselle, ou Les willis. Ballet-pantomime in 2 acts. Choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (for the ballerina's dances). Libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges after Heinrich Heine. 28 June 1841. Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris.
- La Jolie Fille de Gand. Ballet-pantomime in 3 acts, 9 tableaux. Choreography by Albert (Ferdinand-Albert Decombé). Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Albert. 22 June 1842. Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris.
- Le Diable à quatre. Ballet-pantomime in 2 acts, 4 tableaux. Choreography by Joseph Mazilier. Libretto by Adolphe de Leuven after Jean Michel Sedaine. 11 August 1845. Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris.
- La Fille de marbre. Ballet in 3 acts, 6 tableaux. Choreography by Albert (Ferdinand-Albert Decombé). Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. 27 September 1845. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
- Griseldis, ou Les cinq sens. Ballet-pantomime in 3 acts, 5 tableaux. Chreography by Joseph Mazilier. Libretto by Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir. 16 February 1848. Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris.
- Le Filleule des fées. Ballet-féerie in 3 acts, 7 tableaux with prologue and apotheosis (composed jointly with Alfred de Clémenceau de Saint-Julien). Choreography by Jules Perrot. Libretto by Jules Perrot and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. 8 October 1849. Théâtre de l’Opéra, Paris.
- Orfa. Ballet-pantomime in 2 acts. Choreography by Joseph Mazilier. Libretto by François-Hippolyte Levroy and Henri Trianon. 29 December 1852. Théâtre de l’Académie Impériale de Musique, Paris.
- Le Corsaire. Ballet-pantomime in 3 acts, 5 tableaux with epilogue-apotheosis. Choreography by Joseph Mazilier. Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges after Lord Byron's The Corsair. 3 January 1856. Théâtre Impérial de l’Opéra, Paris.
