Gamache

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Gamache is a comic nobleman character in the Petipa/Gorsky ballet adaptation of Don Quixote, often portrayed as the pompous suitor of Kitri.

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Gamache canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet character
fictional character
appearsIn Don Quixote (ballet)
appearsInVersion Petipa/Gorsky adaptation of Don Quixote
artForm ballet
associatedWith Spanish setting
basedOn Don Quixote (novel)
linked to: Don Quixote
characterType comic nobleman
pompous suitor
costumeFeatures elaborate aristocratic attire
plumed hat
createdFor Marius Petipa production of Don Quixote
developedBy Alexander Gorsky
firstAppearanceWork Don Quixote (Petipa, 1869)
genre classical ballet character
languageOfName French
medium stage
narrativeFunction comic relief
obstacle to Kitri and Basilio’s marriage
notableProduction Bolshoi Theatre productions of Don Quixote
Mariinsky Theatre productions of Don Quixote
opposedBy Basilio
performanceStyle character dance
comic acting
portrayedAs comic
foppish
pompous
relationshipToKitri unwanted suitor
roleInPlot comic antagonist to Basilio
socialStatus aristocrat
wealthy nobleman
suitorOf Kitri

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