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Sylvia

Based on classic mythology, the classical ballet Sylvia, set in the forests, tells the story of a beautiful, seductive huntress Sylvia, and her complicated romance that blooms when she falls in love with Aminta. Being pressured by his mistress Diana, she eventually rejects the charming shepherd to continue the huntresses' self-indulgent life. Although their love and passion survive to be reunited, their romance ends with a tragic turn.

First presented in 1876 at the Palais Garnier, Leo Delibes romantic score earned such a significant admiration from Tchaikovsky, that he admitted that he wouldn't have composed his masterpiece, the Swan Lake, if he had known about the music composed by Delibes.