<P> The Firebird ( French : L'Oiseau de feu ; Russian : Жар - птица , translit . Zhar - ptitsa ) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky . It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes company ; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine , with a scenario by Alexandre Benois and Fokine based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner . When first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 25 June 1910 , the work was an instant success with both audience and critics . </P>
<P> The Firebird ( French : L'Oiseau de feu ; Russian : Жар - птица , translit . Zhar - ptitsa ) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky . It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes company ; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine , with a scenario by Alexandre Benois and Fokine based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner . When first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 25 June 1910 , the work was an instant success with both audience and critics . </P>
russian composer created the music for the ballet the firebird
russian composer created the music for the ballet the firebird
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky