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Salvioni, Guglielmina

(*1842)> BALLERINA

Salvioni, Guglielmina (1842, Milan; ?), ballerina, was invited to perform at the Opéra in the hope that she might fill the vacancy created by the untimely death of Amina Boschetti , and she made her Paris debut on 21 December 1864 in La Maschera. She failed to make a deep impression upon Parisian theatregoers on this occasion despite her impeccable technique and brilliant pointe work. She lacked color especially, but Emile Perrin had just lost Martha Muravieva , Zinaida Mérante , and Marie…

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