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Salvatore Taglioni
Salvatore Taglioni
Born	Salvatore Taglioni; 1790; Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died	5 October 1868; Naples, Italy
Nationality	Italy
Occupations	Dancer; Choreographer;

Salvatore Taglioni (1790 – 5 October 1868) was an Italian dancer and choreographer who danced and produced ballets in the 19th century.

Early life

Salvatore Taglioni was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy in 1790.^[2]

He was the younger brother of Filippo Taglioni^[3] and an uncle of ballet dancer Marie Taglioni. He married Adélaïde Péraud, who was also a dancer. He welcomed his son, Ferdinando Taglioni, in Naples on 14 September 1810.^[4] His daughter, Louisa Taglioni, was born in 1823 from his marriage to Adélaïde.^[5]

Entertainment life

He studied in Paris with Jean-François Coulon, making his debut at the Opéra de Paris. Starting around 1806, he performed in Lyon and Bordeaux, remaining in France until he received a call to become the principal dancer at Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Italy.^[6] He succeeded Armand Vestris.^[7] With French choreographer Louis Henry, he established the Royal School of Ballet (Italian: Scuola Reale di Balllo) in Naples in 1812, attached to the opera house of Teatro San Carlo.^[6] He served as ballet master and staged ballets at the Teatro San Carlo from 1814 to the late 1850s.^[8] He worked as a guest choreographer in Milan, Turin, and Florence, often including himself and his wife, Adélaide Perraud, in his ballet productions.^[6]

Salvatore Taglioni's Castore e Polluce with music by Paolo Brambilla was premiered at La Scala in May 1820.^[9] In 1822, Taglioni choreographed a work titled La Festa Di Tersicore with music composed by Italian composer Luigi Carlini.^[9] In 1825, he was a principal dancer at La Scala's premiere of I Baccanali di Roma by Gaetano Rossi.^[10]

Taglioni staged the five-act ballet Sesostri, composed by Luigi Carlini, on 12 January 1823 at Teatro San Carlo, celebrating the birthday of Ferdinand I.^[11]

On August 19, 1830, he premiered Il Paria ballo at Teatro San Carlo.^[12] In 1831, he received an invitation from the Berlin court to compose and establish ballet schools. Ferdinand II, wanting to keep him in Naples due to the success of Ines de Castro, granted him the title of Ballet Composer of the Royal Theatres for life, along with a royal stipend in 1832.^[2]

With its theme taken from Alessandro Manzoni's The Betrothed, Taglioni's ballet I promessi sposi achieved 56 performances in the 1836-37 season.^[13] He developed an adaptation of Faust in 1838 for the Teatro San Carlo.^[2]

Death

Salvatore Taglioni died in Naples, Italy on 5 October 1868.^[14]

References

^ The Illustrated London News. (1868). United Kingdom: Elm House.
^ ^a ^b ^c Regli, F. (1860). Dizionario biografico dei più celebri poeti ed artisti melodrammatici, tragici e comici, maestri, concertisti, coreografi, mimi, ballerini, scenografi, giornalisti, impresarii, ecc. ecc. che fiorirono in Italia dal 1800 al 1860 compilato dal cav. dottor Francesco Regli. Italy: coi tipi di Enrico Dalmazzo.
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^ Thompson, O. (1975). The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. United States: Dodd, Mead.
^ Jürgensen, K. A. (1995). The Verdi Ballets. Italy: Istituto nazionale di studi verdiani.
^ ^a ^b ^c Salvatore Taglioni. Oxford Reference. Retrieved 3 Nov. 2024, from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803101908828.
^ Brinson, P. (1980). Background to European ballet. New York: Books for Libraries.
^ Opera on Stage. (2002). United Kingdom: University of Chicago Press.
^ ^a ^b Levy, M. S., Ward, J. M., Macnutt, R. (2005). Italian Ballet, 1637-1977: A Catalogue. United Kingdom: Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library.
^ ROSSI, G. (1825). I Baccanali di Roma. Melodramma tragico [in two acts and in verse] da rappresentarsi nell'I. R. Teatro alla Scala in carnevale dell'anno 1825. [By G. Rossi.]. Italy: (n.p.).
^ Taglioni, S., Farina, F., Demasier, A., Talamo, L., Lamberti, C., Guidi, G. b., Marchissi, P. b., Ricci, E., Ottavo, L., Menicaccci, V., Vestris, A., Tortoli, F. ;. s., Carlini, L. ;. c., Conti, M., Gioia, F., Giovinetti, F., Hus, A., Sassi, S., Laini, G. b., Ricci, G., Avallone, M., Costantini, A. b., De Mattia, G., Soffra, V. b., Pappalardo, A. m. (1823). Sesostri ballo istorico in cinque atti di Salvatore Taglioni maestro di perfezione delle Reali Scuole di ballo ... Rappresentato la prima volta nel Real Teatro S. Carlo la sera del 12. gennajo 1823. Ricorrendo il fausto giorno natalizio di sua maestà Ferdinando 1. Re del Regno delle Due Sicilie [la musica è stata tutta espressamente composta dal sig. Luigi Carlini mestro di cappellla napoletano]. Italy: dalla Tipografia Flautina.
^ Taglioni, S., Demasier, A., Lamberti, b., Porta, L. b., Giannini, G. b., Minicacci, V. b., Musmarra, C. v., Jacopetti, L., Canna, P., Cerrone, F., Corazza, L., Giovinetti, F., Novi, T. c., Spertini, L. d. a., Costantini, A. b., De Mattia, G., Niccolini, A. (1830). Il Paria ballo in cinque atti di Salvatore Taglioni ... da rappresentarsi nel Real Teatro di S. Carlo la sera de' 19 agosto 1830. Ricorrendo il fausto giorno natalizio di sua maestà Francesco 1. re del Regno delle Due Sicilie. Italy: dalla tipografia Flautina.
^ Ballet News. (1981). United States: Metropolitan Opera Guild.
^ The Musical World. (1868). United Kingdom: J. Alfredo Novello