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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 Mme. Donalda 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 Pavillon d'Armide </i>is credited as a Pantomime-Ballet by M. Alexandre Benois with music by M. Nicholas Tcherepnin, Dances and Scenes by Michel Fokine, scenes and costumes by M. Alexandre Benois, and scenery by M. O. Allegri. The cast is listed as Armide - Mme. Karsarvina; L'Esclave d'Armide - M. Nijinsky; Le Vicomte de Beaugency - Adolf Bolm; Le Marquis - Cecchetti; Confidantes d'Armide - Mmes. Piltz, Nijinska, Tchernisheva, Froman; Un maitre des ceremonies - M. Froman; Almees - Mmes. Tcherepanova, Guliuk, Konietska, Baranovitch II, Kopytinska, Staszko, Klementovitch, Maicherska; Les Chevaliers captifs - Mm. Semenov, Sergueiev, V. Romanov, Fedorov; Les dames d'honneur - Mmes. Zaehtchilina, Dobroulobova, Razoumovitch, Bonietska, Jezierska, Koultchytzka, Julitzki, Hohlova, Kowalewska, Dombrovska, Houbert, Astafieva; Signeurs - Mm. Zailich, Warzynski, Zielinski, Ivanowsky, Woronzov; Premier Buffoon - M. Kremniev; Buffoons - Mm. Kochetovsky, Kobelev, Bourman, Gavrilov, Zoboiko, Goudin; Harpistes, Pages, Negres, Saturne, Armour, Domestiques, Postillon, etc.\n\nSchéhérazade 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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