La Sylphide at Palais Garnier, Paris
'La Sylphide', a romantic ballet in two acts by Philippe Taglioni, will be staged at the Palais Garnier, Paris, from July 1-16, 2017.Performed for the first time in 1832 at the Paris Opera, 'La Sylphide' was the first work to be inspired by the Sturm und Drang literary movement. The foggy forests of Scotland serve as an ideal backdrop to the opposition between the real world and a deeply inaccessible universe. La Syl…