The Daughter of the Snows Snegurochka or La Fille des neiges ) is a ballet in three acts and five scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus . The libretto by Marius Petipa is based on the 1873 play The Snow Maiden Alexander Ostrovsky , inspired by a Russian folk fairy tale about Snegurochka from the folklore collection by Alexander Afanasyev .
The ballet premiered on 7 January 1879 at the St. Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia by the Imperial Ballet .
Principal dancers: Ekaterina Vazem (as the Snow Maiden).
1847–59
Paquita Le Diable amoureux (as "Satanella") Leda, the Swiss Milkmaid Giselle The Star of Granada The Rose, the Violet, and the Butterfly Le Corsaire A Marriage During the Regency The Parisian Market 1860–79
The Blue Dahlia Terpsichore The Pharaoh's Daughter The Beauty of Lebanon The Traveling Dancer Florida Titania Faust The Benevolent Cupid The Slave Le Roi Candaule Don Quixote Trilby Catarina The Two Stars Camargo Le Papillon Ondine (as "The Naiad and the Fisherman") The Bandits The Adventures of Peleus La Bayadère Roxana Ariadne The Daughter of the Snows Frizak the Barber Mlada 1880–99 1900–03
Les Ruses d'Amour or The Trial of Damis (1900)The Seasons Harlequinade The Heart of the Marquis (1902)The Magic Mirror The Romance of the Rosebud and the Butterfly (never presented)