Boschetti, Amina
(1836–1881)> DANCER
Boschetti, Amina (1836, Milan; 2 January 1881, Naples), dancer, was only nine years old, when she executed pas de deux and pas de quatre at La Scala in the ballet Lindor , and her success won her subsequent engagements in Turin, Florence, and Venice. Her first foreign tour was to the United Kingdom, where she performed for four years before accepting a contract at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples. Emile Perrin had become aware of her talents by this time, and he persuaded her to sign an…