Ferraris, Amalia
(1830–1904)> BALLERINA
Ferraris, Amalia (1830, Voghera; 8 February 1904, Florence), ballerina, studied ballet with Carlo Blasis and made her debut at La Scala in Milan in 1844. She danced in the light and airy style popular at the time, and it was not long before she had won a host of admirers in her native land. Word of her triumphs spread abroad, and she was offered engagements in London and Vienna. Ferraris made her debut at the Opéra in Jules Saint-Georges ’ Les Elfes on 11 August 1856. Joseph Mazilier did the…