p9266

ARTIST: Amédée Forestier (France, 1854-1930) (drawing)

TITLE OF WORK: One of the ballet. "Irmengarda", the new opera at Covent Garden

TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut

DATE: 1892

DIMENSIONS: 11 x 5.2 cm

COMMENTS: The story is founded upon an historical episode that occured in the year 1140 in the Suabian town of Weinsberg, at the end of a long siege, when Conrad III, king of Franconia, impressed by the bravery

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., Germany

DANCE FORM: solo, stage, ballet

KEYWORDS: opera