Antonietta Dell'Era
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Antonietta Dell'Era (10 February 1860 Milan — 22 June 1945 Berlin) was an Italian prima ballerina best known for originating the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker (1892).[1]
Antonietta Dell'Era | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 February 1860 Milan |
| Died | 22 June 1945 (aged 0) Berlin, Germany |
career in dance
1879 until 1909, Dell'Era had a successful career at the Berlin Opera, being adored by many critics and writers, among them Theodor Fontane.[2]
1886 and 1894, she danced in Russia, mainly in St. Petersberg, along with the "Italian Invasion" - an influx of talented Italian dancers to Russia that included Pierina Legnani, Enrico Cecchetti, and Virginia Zucchi.[3] The St. Petersberg premiere of the Nutcracker sold out. [1] The Nutcracker Ballet was first presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 17, 1892. Peter Tchaikovsky, the famous Russian composer, was commissioned by mastermind choreographer Marius Petipa to compose the ballet. Dell'Era received five curtain calls but the critical reception of the ballet was poor.[4][1]
References
Notes
- ^ a b c Pritchard, Jane (January 2001). "Antoinette Dell'Era : the first Sugar Plum Fairy". Dancing Times. 3: p. 337, 339, 341.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ The encyclopedia of dance & ballet. Clarke, Mary, 1923-2015,, Vaughan, David, 1924-2017,. New York. ISBN 0399119558. OCLC 3410721.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "DELL'ERA, Antonietta in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ Bedinghaus, Treva (2 April 2017). "History of the Nutcracker Ballet". Liveabout. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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Bibliography
- Panwitz, Sebastian: Antonietta Dell'Era (1861-1945). Primaballerina Berlins zur Zeit des Kaiserreichs (Staatsballett Berlin: Berlin 2012).
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