Robert Ignatius Letellier was born in 1953 in Durban, and educated in Grahamstown, Cambridge, Salzburg, Rome and Jerusalem. He is a member of Trinity College (Cambridge), the Salzburg Centre for Research in the Early English Novel (University of Salzburg), the Maryvale Institute (Birmingham), and the Institute for Continuing Education at Madingley Hall (Cambridge). Publications include books and articles on the late-seventeenth-, eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century novel (particularly the Gothic novel and Sir Walter Scott), the Bible, and European culture—with special emphasis on the Romantic opera and ballet, particularly the work of Giacomo Meyerbeer (a four-volume English edition of his diaries, a collection of studies, a reading of the operas, and a guide to research).
"The book 'The Ballets of Ludwig Minkus' by the famous art critic Robert Ignatius Letellier contains extensive material about the outstanding violinist and ballet composer Ludwig Minkus whose life was inextricably linked with the Russian Imperial theatres for nearly forty years and whose ballets have been performed continuously on stage for more than 110 years. This work, the first ever about the musician, will allow the reader to get acquainted with earlier unknown facts from his life and to learn more about his creativity. The value of this book also lies in its musical analysis of the scores of the most famous ballets, such as Don Quixote, "Bayadere" and others, which are given for the first time. This book will be useful to both professional musicians and art critics as well as all fans of the ballet."Elena PavlovaPiano repetiteur at the Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg
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