Ozaï; ou l'Insulaire

Ozaï
Ozaï
Native title	Ozaï; ou l'Insulaire
Choreographer	Jean Coralli
Music	Casimir Gide
Premiere	26 April 1847
Genre	Pantomime
Type	Ballet

Ozaï; ou l'Insulaire (English: Ozaï; or, The Islander) is a French ballet-pantomime created by Jean Coralli and performed in the late 1840s. It succeeded Le Diable boiteux and was Coralli's last ballet.^[1]

Background

The ballet Ozaï; ou l'Insulaire was presented in two acts with music composed by Casimir Gide and choreography by Jean Coralli.^[1] The costumes were designed by Paul Lormier.^[2]

Premiering on 26 April 1847 at the Paris Opera, it was performed with Adeline Plunkett starring as Ozaï.^[3]

Plot

The Ozaï; ou l'insulaire depicts the noble savage and is partially inspired by the adventures of French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville. It tells the story of Ozaï, a Tahitian maiden who falls in love with Surville, a shipwrecked sailor. Surville, believing he will never return home, promises to marry Ozaï. However, both end up in France, where Ozaï learns that Surville cannot marry his former betrothed due to his promise to her. Heartbroken, Ozaï decides to relinquish Surville and returns to her South Seas home.^[1]

External links

Media related to Ozai (ballet) at Wikimedia Commons

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Studwell, W. E., Schueneman, B. R. (1997). Minor Ballet Composers: Biographical Sketches of Sixty-Six Underappreciated Yet Significant Contributors to the Body of West. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
^ Tamvaco, J., Guest, I. (2000). Les cancans de l'Opéra: chroniques de l'Académie royale de musique et du théâtre, à Paris sous les deux Restaurations : première édition critique intégrale du manuscrit Les cancans de l'Opéra, ou, Le journal d'une habilleuse, de 1836 à 1848. France: CNRS editions.
^ Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1847). Académie royale de musique, Ozaï, ballet, 1er acte, 2e tableau Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ebd2bb70-d12d-0130-2d2b-58d385a7b928

[Studwell,_W._E.,_Schueneman,_B._R._(1997)-1] Studwell, W. E., Schueneman, B. R. (1997). Minor Ballet Composers: Biographical Sketches of Sixty-Six Underappreciated Yet Significant Contributors to the Body of West. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.

[2] Tamvaco, J., Guest, I. (2000). Les cancans de l'Opéra: chroniques de l'Académie royale de musique et du théâtre, à Paris sous les deux Restaurations : première édition critique intégrale du manuscrit Les cancans de l'Opéra, ou, Le journal d'une habilleuse, de 1836 à 1848. France: CNRS editions.

[3] Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1847). Académie royale de musique, Ozaï, ballet, 1er acte, 2e tableau Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ebd2bb70-d12d-0130-2d2b-58d385a7b928

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