Performers in "Helen of Sparta" Starring Ida Rubinstein. Comoedia Illustre (May 15, 1912)
Shown at the top from left to right are two slaves, a nobleman, five soldiers, another nobleman, and three gift bearers. At the bottom are French actress Vera Sergine as Electra, a shepherd and two women, Ida Rubinstein as Helen, slaves and Roger Karl as Pollux. The ballet "Helen of Sparta," a tragedy in four acts, was based on the work of Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren. Leon Bakst designed the costumes.
It is interesting to note that actress Vera Sergine became the wife of actor Pierre Renoir, the eldest son of artist Auguste Renoir who painted Vera's portrait in 1914, the year of her marriage to his son. That painting is now in the Botero Museum in Bogota.
Performers in "Helen of Sparta" Starring Ida Rubinstein. Comoedia Illustre (May 15, 1912)
Shown at the top from left to right are two slaves, a nobleman, five soldiers, another nobleman, and three gift bearers. At the bottom are French actress Vera Sergine as Electra, a shepherd and two women, Ida Rubinstein as Helen, slaves and Roger Karl as Pollux. The ballet "Helen of Sparta," a tragedy in four acts, was based on the work of Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren. Leon Bakst designed the costumes.
It is interesting to note that actress Vera Sergine became the wife of actor Pierre Renoir, the eldest son of artist Auguste Renoir who painted Vera's portrait in 1914, the year of her marriage to his son. That painting is now in the Botero Museum in Bogota.