Ballet in two acts and a prologue libretto by Miguel de Cervantes’ homonym novel Although Cervantes’ Don Quixote novel inspired several ballet productions signed by some notorious choreographers, the Balșoi production (1869) that was born from Marius Petipa’s and Ludwig Minkus’ collaboration brought, at least to the second of them, not just an unprecedented success, but also the Imperial Ballet from Sankt Petersburg’s official composer position. Indeed, the rhythmic vivacity ...