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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> sung in Italian by Mme. Donalda as Nedda; M. Giuseppe Cellini as Canio; M. Dinh Gilly 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 M. L. Bakst. La Jeune Fille is credited as Mme. Tamar Karsavina, and Le Spectre de la Rose as M. Nijinsky.\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. Fedorov; The Grand Eunuch - M. Cecchetti; The Favourite Negro of Zobeide - M. Nijinsky; Wives of the Sultan - Mmes Kowalewska, Baranovitch I, Baranovitch II, Julitzka, Koultchytzka, Tcherniheva, Piltz, Biber, Zaehtchilina, Konietska; First Ladies of the Harem - Mmes. Nijinska, Wasilewska, Tcherepanova, Klementovitch, Jezierska, Kopytsinska, Dobroloubova; Second Ladies of the Harem - Mmes Guliuk, Choehlova, Goubert, Staszko, Dombrovska, Maicherska; Odalisques - Mmes. Federova, Froman, Reizen; Negroes - Mm. Warzynski, Zailich, Sergueiev, Semonov, Rakhmanov, Froman, Kowalski, Oumansky, Romanov, Kegler;  Youths - Mm. 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