Faust is a ballet in 3 acts / 7 scenes, with choreography and libretto by Jules Perrot

Jules Perrot

Jules-Joseph Perrot was a dancer and choreographer who later became Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia...

, and music by Giacomo Panizza

Giacomo Panizza

Giacomo Panizza was conductor at La Scala, Milan for 13 years , during which time, he composed two operas and thirteen ballets.-External links:* http://www.clarinet.demon.co.uk/panizza.htm* http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/c/Panizza%252C%2BG...

, Sir Michael Andrew Costa

Michael Costa (conductor)

Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa was an Italian-born conductor and composer who achieved success in England.-Biography:He was born in Naples as Michaele Andrea Agniello Costa, to a family, according to some, of Sephardic stock...

, and Niccolò Bajetti. First presented by the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala on February 12, 1848 in Milan

Milan

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, Italy

Italy

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. Principal Dancers - Fanny Elssler

Fanny Elssler

Fanny Elssler - 27 November 1884), born Franziska Elßler, was an Austrian ballerina of the 'Romantic Period'.- Life :Daughter of Johann Florian Elssler, a second generation employee of Prince Esterhazy in Eisenstadt. Both Johann and his brother Josef were employed as copyists to the Prince's...

 (as Marguerite), Jules Perrot (as Mephistophelis), Effisio Catte (as Faust), and Ekaterina Costantini (as Bambo-Queen of the Demons).

Revivals/Restagings

• Revival by Perrot for the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala. First presented on February 19, 1848 in Milan, Italy.

• Revival by Perrot for the Court Opera Ballet of the Burgtheatre
  Burgtheater
  The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
  
  . First presented on June 21, 1851 in Vienna
  Vienna
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  , Austria
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  . Principal Dancers - Fanny Elssler (as Marguerite), and Jules Perrot (as Mephistophelis)

• Revival by Perrot for the Imperial Ballet
  Mariinsky Ballet
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   with a new adaptation to the score by Cesare Pugni
  Cesare Pugni
  Cesare Pugni was an Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist. In his early career he composed operas, symphonies, and various other forms of orchestral music. Pugni is most noted for the ballets he composed while serving as Composer of the Ballet Music to Her Majesty's Theatre...
  
  . First presented at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St. Petersburg, on February 2/14 (Julian
  Julian calendar
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  /Gregorian calendar
  Gregorian calendar
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   dates), 1854. Principal Dancers - Guglielmina Salvioni (as Marguerite), and Jules Perrot (as Mephistophelis), Marius Petipa (as Faust).

• Revival by Marius Petipa
  Marius Petipa
  Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet that has ever lived....
  
   for the Imperial Ballet with a new adaptation to the score by Cesare Pugni. First presented at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St. Petersburg, on November 2/14 (Julian
  Julian calendar
  The Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
  
  /Gregorian calendar
  Gregorian calendar
  The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter...
  
   dates), 1867. Principal Dancers - Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa
  Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa
  Mariia Sergeyevna Surovshchikova-Petipa , was prima ballerina to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres and wife of the noted choreographer Marius Petipa.- Life :...
  
   (as Marguerite), and Timofei Stukolkin (as Mephistophelis).