The Magic Pills (Les Pilules magiques) is a ballet-féerie in 3 acts/13 scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus.
The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on February 9/21 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1886 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Principal Dancers: Eugeniia Sokolova.
This ballet was presented in honor of the inauguration of the Mariinsky Theatre as the Imperial Ballet and Opera's principal venue in 1886.
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| 1847–59 |
- Paquita (*1847, *1881)
- Le Diable amoureux (as "Satanella") (*1848)
- Leda, the Swiss Milkmaid (1849)
- Giselle (*1850, *1884, *1899, *1903)
- The Star of Granada (1855)
- The Rose, the Violet, and the Butterfly (1857)
- Le Corsaire (*1858, *1863, *1868, *1885, *1899)
- A Marriage During the Regency (1858)
- The Parisian Market (1859, *1861)
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| 1860–79 |
- The Blue Dahlia (1860, *1875)
- Terpsichore (1861)
- The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862, *1885, *1898)
- The Beauty of Lebanon (1863)
- The Traveling Dancer (1864)
- Florida (1866)
- Titania (1866)
- Faust (*1867)
- The Benevolent Cupid (1868)
- The Slave (1868)
- Le Roi Candaule (1868, *1891, *1903)
- Don Quixote (1869, *1871)
- Trilby (1870)
- Catarina (*1870)
- The Two Stars (1871)
- La Péri (*1872)
- Camargo (1872)
- Le Papillon (*1874)
- Ondine (as "The Naiad and the Fisherman") (*1874, *1892)
- The Bandits (1875)
- The Adventures of Peleus (1876, *1897)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1876)
- La Bayadère (1877, *1900)
- Roxana (1878)
- Ariadne (1878)
- The Daughter of the Snows (1879)
- Frizak the Barber (1879)
- Mlada (1879, *1896)
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| 1900–03 |
- Les Ruses d'Amour or The Trial of Damis (1900)
- The Seasons (1900)
- Harlequinade (1900)
- The Heart of the Marquis (1902)
- The Magic Mirror (1903)
- The Romance of the Rosebud and the Butterfly (never presented)
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