Libretto by Marius Petipa , based on the 1822 novella `` Trilby , ou Le Lutin d'Argail `` by Charles Nodier , first presented by the Ballet of the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre on January 25/February 6 ( Julian/Gregorian calendar dates ) , 1870 , in Moscow with Polina Karpakova as Trilby and Ludiia Geiten as Miranda and restaged by Petipa for the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre on January 17–29 , 1871 in St. Petersburg with Adèle Grantzow as Trilby and Lev Ivanov as Count Leopold .
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