Which ballet caused a riot when first staged in Paris in 1913?
The Rite of Spring The Rite of Spring The Rite of Spring (; ) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a sensation. Many have called the first-night reaction a "riot" or "near-riot," though this wording did not come about until reviews of later performances in 1924, over a
History of music in Paris the first performance of "Les Troyens" (1863) by Hector Berlioz. The Opéra-Comique was located in the Salle Favart, and staged both comedies and serious works. It staged the first performances of "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas (1866) and of "La grand'tante", the first opera of Jules Massenet (1867). Paris also had an enormous influence on the development of romantic ballet, thanks to the ballet troupe of the Paris Opera and its famous ballet masters. The first performance of "Le Corsaire", choreographed by the ballet master of the opera, Joseph Mazilier to the music of Adolphe Adam, took place at the Paris