Filippo Taglioni
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Filippo Taglioni (aka Philippe Taglioni; 5 November 1777 – 11 February 1871) was an Italian
Biography
Born in
In Stockholm, he married the dancer
For several years the family lived in Vienna and Germany but to escape the dangers of the Napoleonic wars, Filippo moved them to Paris. He danced and choreographed throughout Europe, mostly in Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Finally, he was invited to take a more permanent position with the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
Once settled in Vienna, he sent for Marie, who had been studying
After Marie's professional debut she became so popular that Filippo was able to negotiate a six-year contract for the two of them. The triumphant première of
As he grew older, he became eccentric and unpredictable, and eventually lost all of Marie's carefully amassed fortune in unwise speculations. Nevertheless, he must be recognized as a pioneer in a ballet style that was to alter forever the very nature of the art.
Taglioni died in
Misconceptions about La Sylphide
The ballet-going public knows the Romantic ballet La Sylphide as being choreographed by the Danish ballet master August Bournonville. That is indeed the La Sylphide audiences are most familiar with today but was not the version given in 1832.
The original production of La Sylphide was first presented by the
Bournonville originally intended to stage the 1832 version in Denmark, but the Paris Opéra demanded too high a price for the orchestral parts of Schneitzhoeffer's score. In light of this, Bournonville decided to stage his own version of La Sylphide on the same scenario, with a new score by Herman Severin Løvenskiold. The production premiered in 1836 with the prodigy Lucile Grahn and Bournonville in the principal roles. Due to the strong tradition of the Royal Danish Ballet this version is still being performed in Denmark to this day, and has since been staged throughout the world.
In 1972 the ballet master
Works
1830: Le Dieu et la bayadère
1832: La Sylphide
1833: La Révolte au sérail
1836: La Fille du Danube
1838: La Gitana
1839: L'Ombre
1840: Le Lac des fées
1841: Aglaë, ou L'Elève de l'amour
1852 : Satanella oder Metamorphosen based on The Devil in Love (novel)
Bibliography
- Bruno Ligore (ed.), Filippo Taglioni padre del ballo romantico, Rome, Aracne, 2023, ISBN 979-1221810462.
- Marie Taglioni, Souvenirs. Le manuscrit inédit de la grande danseuse romantique, édition établie, présentée et annotée par Bruno Ligore, Gremese, 2017, ISBN 978-2366771169.
- Madison U. Sowell, Debra H. Sowell, Francesca Falcone, Patrizia Veroli, Icônes du ballet romantique. Marie Taglioni et sa famille, Gremese, 2016, ISBN 978-2366770766.
References
- ^ "La Sylphide". Ballet Encyclopedia. The Ballet. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
External links
- Andros on Ballet
- Suomen Sukututkimusseura (in Finnish)
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