Catarina or La Fille du Bandit
Catarina ou la Fille du bandit is a ballet in three acts and four scenes, with libretto and choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni.
The libretto is based on an incident in the life of the Italian painter Salvator Rosa.
The work was first presented by the Ballet of Her Majesty's Theatre on 3 March 1846 in London, England, with Lucile Grahn (as Catarina, leader of the bandits), Louis-François Gosselin (as Salvator Rosa), and Jules Perrot (as the Lieutenant Diavolino).
This revival of Catarina was produced for a benefit performance in honour of the composer Cesare Pugni, who died in January that same year.
All of the opening night's box office receipts were given to the composer's family.
Lithograph by J. Branard of
Lucile Grahn
in the title role of the Perrot/Pugni
Catarina
. Here Grahn is costumed for the celebrated
Pas Stragétique
. London, 1846
Lucile Grahn as Catarina with Jules Perrot as Diavolino in the celebrated
Polka de Catarina
from the Perrot/Pugni
Catarina
, London, 1846