Carla Fracci and James Urbain in La Péri (1843)

This film records a performance by Carla Fracci and James Urbain of La Péri (1843). The Romantic era ballet was based on a libretto by Théophile Gautier, with choreography set by Jean Coralli to music by Friedrich Burgmuller. The theme of the work is a man s search for immortality and encounter with a mythological Peri, or Flower of