1. Gasparo Angiolini, real name Domenico Maria Gasparo, son of Francesco Angiolini and Maria Maddalena Torzi, was an Italian dancer, choreographer and composer.
10 Facts About Gasparo Angiolini
1. 2.
Gasparo Angiolini was born in Florence and died in Milan.
3.
Gasparo Angiolini is known thanks to the polemics with the French ballet master Jean-Georges Noverre.
4.
Gasparo Angiolini directed the ballet at the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, taking over the post in 1758, working closely with Christoph Willibald von Gluck on such works as Don Juan ou le Festin de Pierre, and the opera Orfeo ed Euridice.
5.
Gasparo Angiolini later succeeded Franz Hilverding as director of the Imperial Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia in 1766.
6.
Likewise, Gasparo Angiolini attempted to introduce elements of Russian culture into his own work through use of songs, folk dances, and Russian themes.
7.
Gasparo Angiolini was a choreographer interested in the dramatic possibilities of dance.
8.
Gasparo Angiolini was an early spokesman for a sense of Italian nationalism and spoke of the sad state where Germany and Russia were supporting better cultural institutions than was Italy.
9.
Gasparo Angiolini's wife was a ballerina Marie Therese Foliazzi.
10.
Gasparo Angiolini's son Pietro Angiolini was a dancer and choreographer, his daughter Fortunata Angiolini and her partner Armand Vestris have danced in Lisbon and London with great success.