Structure
Titles of all of the numbers listed here come from Marius Petipa's original scenario, as well as the original libretto and programs of the first production of 1890. Major changes which were made to the score for Petipa's original production are mentioned, and help explain why the score is often heard in different versions in theatres today.
All libretti and programs of works performed on the stages of the Imperial Theatres were titled in French, which was the official language of the Emperor's Court, as well as the language in which balletic terminology is derived.
Prologue — Le baptême de la Princesse Aurore
- No.1-a Introduction
- No.1-b Marche de salon
- No.2-a Entrée des fées
- No.2-b Scène dansante
- No.3 Grand pas d'ensemble (a.k.a. Pas de six) —
- a. Grand adage. Petit allégro
- b. Variation - Candide
- c. Variation - Coulante–Fleur de farine
- d. Variation - Miettes–qui tombent (a.k.a. breadcrumb)
- e. Variation - Canari–qui chante
- f. Variation - Violente–échevelée
- g. Variation - La Fée des lilas–voluptueuse
- h. Coda générale
- No.4 Scène et final—
- a. Entrée de Carabosse
- b. Scène mimique de Carabosse
- c. Scène mimique de la Fée des lilas
Act I — Les quatre fiancés de la Princesse Aurore
- No.5-a Introduction
- No.5-b Scène des tricoteuses
- No.6 Grande valse villageoise (a.k.a. The Garland Waltz)
- No.7 Entrée d'Aurore
- No.8 Grand pas d'action—
- a. Grand adage à la rose (opening harp cadenza possibly extended by either the harpist Albert Heinrich Zabel or Riccardo Drigo)
- b. Danse des demoiselles d'honneur et des pages
- c. Variation d'Aurore (coda edited by an unknown hand, possibly Riccardo Drigo)
- d. Coda
- No.9 Scène et final—
- a. Danse d'Aurore avec le fuseau
- b. Le charme
- c. L'arrivée de la Fée des lilas
Act II
- Scene I — La chasse du Prince Désiré
- No.10-a Entr'acte
- No.10-b Scène de la chasse royale
- No.11 Colin-Maillard
- No.12 Danses des demoiselles nobles—
- a. Scène
- b. Danse des duchesses
- c. Danse des baronesses (likely cut by Petipa from the original production)
- d. Danse des comtesses (likely cut by Petipa from the original production)
- e. Danse des marquises (likely cut by Petipa from the original production)
- No.13 Coda–Farandole
- No.14-a Scène et départ des chasseurs
- No.14-b Entrée de la Fée des lilas
- No.15 Pas d'action—
- a. Entrée de l'apparition d'Aurore
- b. Grand adage (opening harp cadenza possibly extended by either the harpist Albert Heinrich Zabel or Riccardo Drigo)
- c. Valse des nymphes–Petit allégro coquet
- Interpolation: 4 transitional bars for the end of no.15-c composed by Riccardo Drigo to lead into Brianza's variation
- Interpolation: Variation Mlle. Brianza (No.23-b Variation de la fée-Or from Act III)
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- d. Variation d'Aurore (cut by Petipa from the original production)
- e. Petite coda
- No.16 Scène
- No.17 Panorama
- Interpolation: 3 transitional bars for the end of no.17 composed by Riccardo Drigo to lead into no.19, as no.18 was cut in the original production
- No.18 Entr'acte symphonique (solo for violin composed for Leopold Auer, cut from the original production)
- Scene II — Le château de la belle au bois dormant
- No.19 Scène du château de sommeil
- No.20 Scène et final – Le réveil d'Aurore
Act III — Les Noces de Désiré et d'Aurore
- No.21 Marche
- No.22 Grand polonaise dansée (a.k.a. The Procession of the Fairy Tales)
- Grand divertissement—
- No.23 Pas de quatre
- a. Entrée
- b. Variation de la fée-Or (transferred by Petipa to Act II as a variation for Carlotta Brianza in the original production)
- c. Variation de la fée-Argent (changed by Petipa in the original production – Pas de trois pour la Fées d'Or, d'Argent et de Saphir)
- d. Variation de la fée-Saphir (cut by Petipa from the original production)
- e. Variation de la fée-Diamant
- f. Coda
- Interpolation: Entrée de chats (a 10 bar introduction written by Tchaikovsky for no.24)
- No.24 Pas de caractère – Le Chat botté et la Chatte blanche
- No.25 Pas de quatre (changed by Petipa in the original production – Pas de deux de l'Oiseau bleu et la Princesse Florine)
- a. Entrée
- b. Variation de Cendrillon et Prince Fortuné (changed by Petipa in the original production – Variation de l'Oiseau bleu)
- c. Variation de l'Oiseau bleu la Princesse Florine (changed by Petipa in the original production – Variation de la Princesse Florine)
- d. Coda
- No.26 Pas de caractère – Chaperon Rouge et le Loup
- Interpolation: Pas de caractère – Cendrillon et Prince Fortuné
- No.27 Pas berrichon – Le Petit Poucet, ses frères et l'Ogre
- No.28 Grand pas de quatre (originally arranged by Petipa as a Pas de quatre for the Princess Aurora, Prince Désiré and the Gold and Sapphire Fairies)
- a. Entrée (only the first eight bars were retained)
- b. Grand adage
- Interpolation: Danse pour les Fées d'Or et de Saphir in 6/8 (Petipa possibly utilized the music for the Entrée to accompany a dance for the Gold and Sapphire Fairies)
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- c. Variation du Prince Désiré
- d. Variation d'Aurore — Mlle. Brianza (edited by Riccardo Drigo for the original production at Petipa's request)
- e. Coda
- No.29 Sarabande – quadrille pour Turcs, Éthiopiens, Africains et Américains
- No.30-a Coda générale
- No.30-b Apothéose – Apollon en costume de Louis XIV, éclairé par le soleil entouré des fées (music based on Marche Henri IV)
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