The King's Command or The Pupils of Dupré
The King's Command (also known as L'Ordre du Roi, or Les Élèves de Dupré) is a ballet in 4 Acts-6 Scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music composed by Albert Vizentini.
The work was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on 26 February [O.S.
14 February] 1886, 1886 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, with Virginia Zucchi (as Pepita), Pavel Gerdt (as Pepito), Enrico Cecchetti (as Dupré), and Lev Ivanov (as Milon) in the leading roles.
This was the last ballet to be given at the St. Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre before it was demolished in 1886.
Drawings by Karel Brozh of various scenes from the Petipa/Vizentini ballet
The King's Command
. St. Petersburg, 1887