Opera - A 19th century illustration showing a dress rehearsal for Gli Strelizzi (Act V) in Paris. Czar Ivan the Terrible created the strelʹtsy , Russia's first professional military corps. During the 1500's. In the 1680s they began to rebel against Peter the Great, who had them disbanded . The Italian choreographer Salvatore Viganò used the story of their revolt as the plot for Gli Strelizzi, first performed in Venice in 1809. Scenery (not seen here) was by Alessandro Sanquirico. Similar treatments were provided by choreographers Alessandro Fabbri and Salvatore Scarpa in the 1820's.

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