Amalia Ferraris

Amalia Ferraris (Voghera, 1828 - Florence, April 1, 1904) was an Italian dancer. Her year of birth may have been 1828, 1830, or 1832. After studying in Turin, she attended the ballet school at La Scala Academy, under the direction of the Carlo Blasis;[1] she debuted in Milan. Ferraris danced at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and then throughout Europe. In 1848, she joined the Theatre Royal in London, and performed on the occasion of The Great Exhibition. After successful performances in London (1853), Rome (1854), and Vienna (1855), Ferraris performed at the Paris Opera in 1856.[2] Together with Carolina Rosati, her artistic rival, Ferraris was one of the most notable Italian dancers of her era. In 1857, she performed with Rosati at the Paris Opera in the ballet Marco Spada, ou La Fille du Bandit; it was said to have been commissioned by Napoleon III for Ferraris and Rosati, who was considered to be the most celebrated ballerinas at the time.[3] Along with Rosati, Giuseppina Bozzacchi, and Fanny Cerrito, Ferraris was considered an Italian virtuosity, known for "bravura displays of technique".[4]

References

  1. ↑ Mario Pasi, Domenico Rigotti, Danza e balletto, Jaca Books (Italian),
  2. ↑ "FERRARIS, Amalia". Trecanni (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 46 (1996). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Morin, Alexander J. (2002). Classical Music: The Listener's Companion. Backbeat Books. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-0-87930-638-0.
  4. ↑ Kelly, Deirdre (7 September 2012). Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection. D&M Publishers Incorporated. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-1-926812-67-0.