Gaîté Parisienne
| Gaîté Parisienne | |
|---|---|
| Choreographer | Léonide Massine |
| Music | Jacques Offenbach Manuel Rosenthal (orchestration) Jacques Brindejont-Offenbach (orchestration) |
| Libretto | Comte Étienne de Beaumont |
| Premiere | 5 April 1938 Théâtre de Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Original ballet company | Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo |
| Characters | Glove Seller Flower Girl La Lionne The Baron The Officer The Peruvian |
| Design | Comte Étienne de Beaumont (décor) Barbara Karinska (costumes) |
| Setting | Paris |
Gaîté Parisienne (lit. 'Parisian Gaiety') is a 1938 ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine (1896–1979) to music by Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) arranged and orchestrated many decades later by Manuel Rosenthal (1904–2003) in collaboration with Jacques Brindejont-Offenbach, the composer's grandson. With a libretto and décor by Comte Étienne de Beaumont and costumes executed by Barbara Karinska, it was first presented by the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo on 5 April 1938.