Tsar Kandavl or Le Roi Candaule

Le Roi Candaule
ChoreographerMarius Petipa
MusicCesare Pugni
Premiere29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1868 (Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre)
St. Petersburg, Russia
GenreGrand ballet

Le Roi Candaule (en. King Candaules) is a Grand ballet in four acts and six scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Cesare Pugni. The libretto is by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and is based on the history of King Candaules the Ruler of Lydia, as described by Herodotus in his Histories.

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