Pelia e Milito (choreography Salvatore Taglioni)
Engraving by Alessandro Sanquirico
of the production at Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1827
Milan. Cia Fornaroli Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Salvatore Taglioni (1789-1868)
Salvatore was born in Palermo in 1789 and died in Naples in 1868. He was a dancer and choreographer. He was the son of Carlo, the brother of Filippo, and the father of Luisa, who made her career as a ballerina at the Paris Opera. Salvatore's son Fernando was a respected composer.
