Robert le Diable | Ballet of the Nuns scene clip
Laurent Pelly's new production of Robert le diable provides a rare opportunity to see this classic of French grand opera by Meyerbeer. Find out more about Robert le diable: http://www.roh.org.uk/robert
The macabre ballet in Act III features a group of dead nuns who come back to life in a graveyard and try to entice Robert to his ruin and damnation with a seductive dance. The scene proved hugely influential, regarded by some as the first of the ballet blancs; a genre whose early examples also included La Sylphide and Giselle.
The scene also inspired Edgar Degas to immortalize it in his painting The Ballet Scene from Meyerbeer's Opera Robert le diable - http://www.roh.org.uk/news/from-stage...
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