El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat or Le tricorne) is a ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla, commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered complete in 1919. It is not only a ballet with Spanish setting but one that also employs the techniques of Spanish dance (adapted and somewhat simplified) instead of classical ballet.
| Original Name | El sombrero de tres picos |
| Librettist | Gregorio Martínez Sierra (Based on the novella by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón) |
| Date of composition | 1919 (1917-1919) |
| Premiered | 1919, July 22nd (Alhambra Theatre) in London, United Kingdom |
| First published | 1921 |
| Dedicated to | Commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev |
| Type | Ballet |
| Approx. duration | 35 minutes |
| Spoken language | Spanish |
| Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) |
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Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat |