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Giulia Grisi
Giulia Grisi , 1811-69, Italian operatic soprano. She toured the United States in 1854 with Giuseppe Mario, whom she married in 1856. Roles were written for her by Bellini, in I Puritani, and by Donizetti, in Don Pasquale. Her first teacher was her sister, Giuditta Grisi, 1805-40, a... Read more |
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Mario
Mario , 1810-83, stage name of Giovanni Matteo, Cavaliere di Candia, Italian tenor. An officer of the Piedmontese guard, he went to Paris in 1836 and studied at the Paris Conservatory, making his debut (1838) at the Paris Opera in Robert le Diable. He sang with great success in Paris, London, and... Read more |
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Carlotta
Carlotta Span. Carlota , 1840-1927, empress of Mexico, daughter of Leopold I of Belgium, christened Marie Charlotte Amélie. She married (1857) Maximilian , archduke of Austria and accompanied him when he went to Mexico as emperor (1864). After Napoleon III decided to withdraw the French... Read more |
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Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca , city (1990 pop. 279,187), capital of Morelos state, S Mexico, in the Cuernavaca Valley. Increasingly a suburb of Mexico City (to the north), Cuernavaca has flour mills and beverage, textile, and cement industries. It is also a popular tourist and health resort. In the city are beautiful... Read more |
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Leopold I (Belgium)
Leopold I 1790-1865, king of the Belgians (1831-65); youngest son of Francis Frederick, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After serving as a page at the court of Napoleon I and as a general of the Russian army, he married (1816) Princess Charlotte, daughter of the English prince regent (later King... Read more |
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Maximilian
Maximilian 1832-67, emperor of Mexico (1864-67). As the Austrian archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, he was denied a share in the imperial government by his reactionary brother, Emperor Francis Joseph. Maximilian served as commander in chief of the Austrian fleet and was governor-general of... Read more |
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ballet
...who worked in London at the turn of the 19th cent. Carlotta Grisi, the first Giselle (Paris, 1841), married choreographer...four of the world's leading ballerinas: Taglioni, Grisi, Cerrito, and Grahn.As with Noverre, the concept... |
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Grisi, Carlotta
Grisi, Carlotta (b Visinada, 1819; d St Jean, Switz., 1899). It. dancer. Contract at Paris Opéra 1841, creating divertissement in La favorite with Petipa and title-role in Giselle. London début 1836. Most admired ballerina of her time. Cousin of the sisters Grisi. |
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Giselle, ou Les Wilis
...acts, mus. Adam, choreog. Coralli and Perrot, f.p. Paris 1841. Lib. based on legend recounted by Heine. Carlotta Grisi danced first Giselle. F.p. London, Vienna, St Petersburg 1842. Modern prods. are based on Petipa's last... |
 "The Mercury (South Africa)")
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Art and the muse.(Life)
...Italian ballerina Carlotta Grisi, who at the age...prima donna, Giulia Grisi – creator...Puritani – Carlotta was born in 1819...Paris. But it was Carlotta’s engagement...Theophile Gautier saw Grisi’s ... |
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Giselle
...was the husband of the dancer, Carlotta Grisi, a star ballerina of the day (Gautier...occurred is that Perrot choreographed Grisi's numbers, while Corelli took...too, and was enthusiastic about Grisi's performance. Grisi, by the... |
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Hartford Ballet restores a classic: journey with Giselle.
...with his dancing partner, Paris Opera etoile Carlotta Zambelli. Like Carlotta Grisi, for whom Giselle was created, Zambelli was Milanese, and, like Grisi, she was a product of the best Italian and French... |
 "The Niagara Falls Reporter (Niagara Falls, NY)")
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A very special ballet here.(ARTS)
...stars and super athletes of today. Lucile Grahn, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerito and Marie Taglioni each commanded the...includes Aniko Nagy as Lucile Grahn, Mary Schnepf as Carlotta Grisi, Grace Gruarin as Fanny Cerito and Alexa Luczak as... |
 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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THE CRITICAL EAR: CLASSICAL MUSIC.(Pasatiempo)
...place June 28, 1841, at the Paris Opera. Adolphe Adam composed the score. Noted prima ballerina Carlotta Grisi created the title role. Grisi's husband, Jules Perrot, choreographed. The first act of the ballet tells how Giselle, a young... |
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Pointe of view: bring your perfect shoe into focus.(dm style)(Buyers guide)
...a short, soft wing block designed for an easy roll-up. www.principalshoes.com 6. La Carlotta by Repetto; $78. * A tribute to Carlotta Grisi, this shoe was tested by members of the Paris Opera Ballet. Designed for preprofessional or... |
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221 Years of Tradition.(Teatro alia Scala, Milan, Italy, moves to different...
...textbook methodologist Carlo Blasis, the school produced Carlotta Grisi and Fanny Cerrito, ballerinas who would soon contend...dancers such as Virginia Zucchi, Pierina Legnani, and Carlotta Brianza were recognized in Russia, and their technical... |
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A new (old) Giselle.(vital signs)(Brief article)
...version. Scheduled to dance Giselle is the vibrant Carla Korbes, retracing the airy steps and countless arabesques of Carlotta Grisi's original Giselle--170 years later. See www.pnb.org. |
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The good, the bad, and the aesthetic: ballerinas and celebrity during the...
...ballet featured some of the most famous ballerinas the dance world has ever produced. Marie Taglioni, Fanny Cerrito, Carlotta Grisi, and Fanny Elssler were among the first dancers to be renowned internationally, and they remain heralded in the... |
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FLAMENCO: OMAYRA AMAYA.(Pasatiempo)
...Giulia was born. Perhaps that stage influence went familywide: Giulias cousin was the famous prima ballerina assoluta Carlotta Grisi. And a day or two before contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink gave the light to one of her brood of seven, she was... |
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