{{Short description|Ballet}} {{Italic title}} '''''Le Lys''''' (''The Lily''), also known as '''''Liliya''''', is a ballet in 3 acts/4 scenes, with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon and music by Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Letellier |first=Robert Ignatius |date=2010 |title=Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes: La Source |url=https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-4438-1986-2-sample.pdf |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=Cambridge Scholars Publishing}}</ref>
The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on {{OldStyleDate|2 November|1869|21 October}}, at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2016-08-06 |title=Ludwig Minkus |url=https://petipasociety.com/ludwig-minkus/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=The Marius Petipa Society |language=en}}</ref>
Principal dancers at the première included Adèle Grantzow.<ref name=":0" />
==Notes== * For this ballet Minkus reused and adapted much of the music he had composed for Saint-Léon's 1866 ''La Source''.
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