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 Ballet in two acts to music by Edouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus. 120 min (with one interval). Choreographer: Yuri Klevtsov, with use of the original choreography by Marius Petipa. Conductor: Evgeny Volynsky. Set in Spain during the occupation of Napoleon’s army, Paquita tells the story of the young gypsy girl, Paquita, who is unaware that she is really of noble birth and was abducted by gypsies when she was an infant after the assassination of her parents. Paquita wins the love of the young French officer, Lucien d’Hervilly when she saves his life from the gypsy chief, Iñigo, who is hired by a Spanish governor to kill Lucien. Through a medallion that she has had all her life, Paquita finally discovers her true birth right and identity; she is in fact the cousin of Lucien and can marry him.
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