Antonietta Dell'Era [SEP] place of birth
Antonietta Dell'Era
Antonietta Dell'Era (10 February 1860 Milan 22 June 1945 Berlin) was an Italian "prima ballerina" best known for originating the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Tchaikovsky's ballet, "The Nutcracker" (1892). The St. Petersberg premiere sold out. She received five curtain calls and good reviews. Modest Tchaikovsky described her as "pudgy and unattractive". From 1879 until 1909, Dell'Era had a successful career at the Berlin Opera, being adored by many critics and writers, among them Theodor Fontane
nymphe de Diane" following the original production of 1876 was a production presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia on . The ballet had been performed in Russia before: in 1886 the ballerina Antonietta Dell'Era (noted for creating the rôle of the Sugarplum Fairy in "The Nutcracker" in 1892) performed excerpts from the ballet at the Arcadia Theatre of St. Petersburg, and in 1892 the ballerina Carlotta Brianza (noted creator of the rôle of Princess Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty" in 1890)