Photo of the stage and cast of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre dressed in designer Orest Allegri's décor for Act II of the choreographer Marius Petipa (1818-1910) &amp; the composer Ludwig Minkus's (1828-1917) ballet <i>"La Bayadère"</i>. In the center can be seen the Mathilde Kschessinskaya (1871-1970) in the principal role of Nikiya.
Unknown photographer of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre. St. Petersburg, Russian Empire.
scanned from the Mariinsky Theatre's program for <i>La Bayadère</i>