Beretta, Caterina

Beretta, Caterina (8 December 1839, Milan; January 1911, Milan) dancer, was born into a theatrical family and studied at the ballet school associated with La Scala. She was a student of Augusto Hus , and she seemed well enough prepared to take advantage of an opportunity that came to her from Paris when she was only 16 years old. Crosnier was director of the Opéra at this time, and he wished to find and to prepare a younger dancer to fill Carolina Rosati ’s place at a later date. Accordingly…