Marie Taglioni was the first star of the romantic ballet. It is considered the first master of the tip dance.
La Sylphide. The ballerina Marie Taglioni dancing the Flore.
Category: Opera
Fanny Elssler dances the Cachucha, 1836
Fanny Elssler dances the Cachucha. Le Diable boiteux 1836. In the ballet, “the limping devil” by Casimir Gide.
Cornélie Falcon. Costume of Rachel in the opera “Jewess”.
Cornélie Falcon (1814–1897). In the picture it shows the Rachel in the opera La Juive, by Jacques Fromental Halévy.
The Pirates of Penzance 1879.
The Pirates of Penzance, a comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and William S. Gilbert 1879. Costume design for the opera The Pirates of Penzance or the The Slave of Duty by… Read More