Friedrich (Joseph) Hilferding ( him Friedrich Hilferding ) - Viennese choreographer, who arrived in the Russian Empire in 1759, to bring the perfection of ballets to the " best new taste " on the court scene [1] .
| Friedrich Hilferding | |
|---|---|
| him Friedrich hilferding | |
| Date of Birth | early 18th century |
| Date of death | end of the eighteenth century |
| Allegiance |  Austria |
| Occupation | choreographer |
Content
Creative Biography
Friedrich Hilferding was court choreographer in Vienna and in 1759, sent, at the request of the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna , an Austrian court in the capital of the Russian Empire, the city of St. Petersburg to improve the Russian ballet and introduce in it a “ new taste ”. Together with him came the ballet troupe, which included the soloists Santina, the couple Mekur and Priere, Paradis, as well as the composer Starzer and the driver Brigonzi [2] .
Hilferding's troupe showed for the first time in Russia anthrash of 4 beats, put into use by the famous Parisian dancer Komargo, and pirouettes . Russian artists made progress thanks to the efforts and talent of the Austrian choreographer and very soon they understood the “ new taste ” of his ballets. . Frederick Hilferding introduced the “ village gaiety ” into fashion, that is, the idyllic pastorals that had great success [2] .
Friedrich Hilferding over the next four years put on the Russian stage many ballets. In the summer of 1764, he took leave for several months, went to Vienna, but did not return, sending a request for dismissal from his homeland [2] .
Some of the ballets staged by Hilferdinger were published in Russia; among them: “The Return of Apollonovo to Parnas” (St. Petersburg, 1763), “Acis and Galatea” (St. Petersburg, 1764), “New Lavra” and “Refuge of Virtues” (“Russian Theater”) [2] .
Stages
Hilferding staged the following ballets on the imperial stage (in some he himself took part):
- 1759
- “Destruction of Troy” (February 19);
- “Village Entertainment at 4 Seasons” (April 30);
- “New Lavra” (composed by Sumarokov on the occasion of the victory won over the Prussians at Frankfurt on August 1 (August 19),
- "The battle of love and reason" (August 19).
- 1760
- "London Station", divertissement (January 1),
- "Flora's victory over Boreas" (February 29),
- "The Fall of the Giants" (September 20),
- "Pandury" (December 31).
- 1761
- Artaxerxes and Haman (June 29, in Oranienbaum, during the stay of Grand Duke Peter Fedorovich there ),
- "Night Adventure" (September 20, to St. Petersburg).
- 1762
- "Apollo and Daphne" (October 16, Moscow , after moving the Court to the coronation of Catherine II );
- “Cupid and Psyche” (October 20).
- 1763
- Fools Island (January 3)
- "The Battle of Love and Mind" (January 15, filled with celestial lovers),
- “Moscow amusements about Holy Week” (April 21, comedy-ballet),
- "Orpheus and Eurydice" (April 30),
- “A joyful return to the Arcadian shepherds and shepherds of the goddess of spring” (grand performance in Peterhof on June 28),
- "Pygmalion" (September 26),
- “The Lame Knight” (October 28).
- 1764
- “Acis and Galatea” (the ballet staged in the capital; the performers were Peter Byron, Countess Sievers and the 10-year-old Tsarevich Pavel Petrovich, who learned the role of Hymen under the direct supervision of the choreographer);
- Ballet to the opera Charlemagne, presented by an Italian troupe in the new theater of the Winter Palace .
Notes
- ↑ Hilferding, Friedrich // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Chulkov N. P. Hilferding, Joseph // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
Literature
- Arapov P.N. Chronicle of the Russian theater. - SPb. : Typogr. N. Tribelen and Comp., 1861. - p. 80-81.
- Neustroev A.N. Historical research on Russian time editions and collections for 1703–1802. - SPb. : First Skoropoopnya P.O. Yablonsky, 1898. - p. 440.
- Nosov (I). Chronicle of the Russian theater. - M .: Imp. Society of Russian History and Antiquities at the Moscow University, 1883. - pp. 145-270.
- Plescheev A.A. Our ballet (1673-1899). - SPb. : Typogr. A. Benke, 1899. - pp. 39-46.
- Collection of the Imperial Russian Historical Society. - SPb., 1887. - Vol. 60
- Sopikov V.S. The Experience of Russian Bibliography / Ed. V.N. Rogozhin. - 1813-1821, 1908.