Roxana, the Beauty of Montenegro (Russian: Roksana, krasa Chernogorii, also known as Roxana) is a fantastic ballet in four acts, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus.[1][2] Libretto by Sergei Khudekov and Marius Petipa.
The ballet was first presented by the
St. Petersburg, Russia, with Eugeniia Sokolova as Roxana, shortly after Montenegro was liberated by the Russian army from the Ottoman Empire.[3]
The ballet historian
Tsar Alexander II, who in general did not love music. Several units of our troops (the Russian Army) stormed the Plevna
