Forgotten Ballets: Le Sicilien, ou l’Amour peintre

Playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière, is renowned as one of the greatest writers of all time. He is best known as a playwright, but he also dabbled in writing comédie-ballets, a genre of plays that also contain music and dance. The most remembered comédie-ballet is 1670's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, produced in collaboration with … Continue reading Forgotten Ballets: Le Sicilien, ou l’Amour peintre