Description: Offered here is a Viennese Theaterzeitung copper engraving, with original hand coloring of the period, of the Romantic ballerina FANNY ELSSLER in her celebrated role as FENELLA in Daniel Auber's opera LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (Stummen von Portici).The rival of Marie Taglioni, Fanny Cerrito, Lucile Grahn, and Carlotta Grisi, FANNY ELSSLER (1810 – 1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic Period. From her earliest years she was trained for the ballet, and made her appearance at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna before she was 7. She almost invariably danced with her sister Therese, who was 2 years her senior; the sisters studied dancing with Jean-Pierre Aumer and Friedrich Horschelt beginning when Fanny was 9 years old, also traveling to Naples to study with Gaetano Gioja. After some years' experience together in Vienna, the sisters went in 1827 to Naples. While there, she had an affair with Leopold, Prince of Salerno, the son of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, which resulted in the birth of a son, Franz. Their success in Naples led to an engagement in Berlin in 1830. This was the beginning of a series of triumphs for Fanny's personal beauty and skill in dancing. In September 1834 Elssler appeared with the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique (today known as the Paris Opera Ballet), a step to which she looked forward with much misgiving on account of Marie Taglioni's supremacy on that stage. However, Elssler and Taglioni were exceptionally different dancers, and the Opera's management saw this as an opportunity to incite some controversy by hiring Elssler. Taglioni was known as a danseur ballonné, represented by the lightness of her leaps and jumps. Elssler, on the other hand, distinguished her dancing with the precision in which she performed small, quick steps. Elssler's type of dancing was known as danse tacquetée. The results of her performances, however, were another triumph for Elssler, and the temporary eclipse of Taglioni. Elssler's performances of the great Romantic ballets, including La Sylphide, Giselle and La Esmeralda, portrayed heightened aspects of their former characters. This earned Elssler a place among the most talented and notable ballerinas of the Romantic ballet period.The Wiener Theaterzeitung appeared from 1806 to 1860 under various titles (“Wiener Theaterzeitung”, “Wiener Allgemeine Theaterzeitung”, “Wiener Allgemeine Theaterzeitung und Entertainmentblatt für Freunde der Kunst, Literatur und der Soziale Leben”, etc.). It was generally known as “Bäuerle’s Theaterzeitung [theater newspaper]”, named after its founder and editor Adolf Bäuerle (1786-1859). The newspaper’s subject matter was not limited to the theater; fashion, music and literature were also covered. However, the theater was the focus of the publication and from 1818 onwards the paper included supplements with portraits of actresses and actors, and from 1826 onwards, scenes as colored copperplate engravings. PLEASE SEE OUR "OTHER ITEMS" FOR MANY MORE RELATED TO DANCE AND BALLET, OPERA AND PERFORMING ARTS, DRAMA AND THEATER, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS GIFT IDEAS. NOTE OUR 100% APPROVAL RATING AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE.
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Artist: Andreas Geiger after Johann Christian Schoeller
Size: Small
Material: Paper
Framing: Unframed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Region of Origin: Austria
Subject: Fanny Elssler / Ballerina, Ballerina
Type: Copper Engraving
Year of Production: 1832
Item Height: 9 5/8 inches
Style: Romantic
Theme: Ballet
Production Technique: Steel Engraving
Culture: European
Item Width: 6 1/2 inches
Time Period Produced: 1800-1849
