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The term is repeated here in its original historical context.\r\n\r\nThe poster is printed with the names of the General Manager of the Royal Opera House Mr. Neil Forsyth, and the Managing Director Mr. Percy Pitt, and lists the cast of Leoncavallo's opera <i>Pagliacci</i> i sung in Italian by Mlle. Emmy Destinn as Nedda; M. Seveilhac as Canio; Signor G. Mario Sammarco as Tonio; M. André Gilly as Beppe, and M. Armand Crabbé as Silvio, conducted by Signor Ettore Panizza.\n\n<i>Le Spectre de la Rose</i> is credited as a Choreographic Tableau from a poem by Th. Gautier adapted by J.L. Vaudoyer with music by C.M. Weber orchestrated by Berlioz with scenes and dances by M. Fokine and scenery and costumes by L. Bakst. La Jeune Fille is danced by Mme. Tamar Karsavina, and Le Spectre de la Rose by  M. Nijinsky.\n\n<i>The Polovtsienne Dances</i> from <i>Prince Igor</i> are credited with music by A. Borodin; scenery &amp; costumes designed by M. N. Roehrich; scenery by M. Anisfeld. The Fille Polovtsiennes were - Mmes. Sophie Fedorova, Dobroloubova, Wasilewska, Tcherepanova, Baranovitch I, Baranovitch II, Jezierska, Dombrovska, Goubert. The Esclaves were - Mmes Astafieva, Tchernsiheva, Biber, Kopytsinska, Klementovitch, Hohlova. Julitzka, Guliuk, Koultchytzka, Staszko, Pflanc, Maichereska, Kowalski; the General Polovtsien - M. Adolf Bolm; the Guerriers Polovtsiens - Mm. Fedorov, Rakmanov, Kobolev, Sergheiev, Semenov, Warzynski, Zailich, Umansky, Froman, Kowalski, Kostecki; Adolescents - Mm. Kremniev, Kitchetovsky, Gavrilov, Goudin, Zoboiko, and Bourman.\n\n<i>Scheherazade</i> is credited as a Choreographic Drama by Mm. L. Bakst and M. Fokine, with music by Rimsky-Korsakov, dances and scenes by M. Michel Fokine, scenery and costumes by M. L. Bakst, scenery by Mm. Bakst, Anisfeld and Allegri, with costumes by Mlle. Muelle. The cast is listed as Zobeide - Mme. Tamar Karsavina; Schahriar, King of India and China - M. Adolf Bolm; Schah-Zemen, his Brother -  M. 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