Cucchi, Claudine (1834–1913)

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Cucchi, Claudine (1834–1913)

Italian ballet dancer. Born Mar 6, 1834, in Monza, Italy; died Mar 8, 1913, in Milan.

Studied and made performance debut at Teatro alla Scala in Milan; appeared at Paris Opéra in Mazillier's Le Corsaire (1856) and at the Hoftheater in Vienna in many works by Pasquale Borri; spent a season in St. Petersburg, where she danced in Giselle, Catarina and Esmeralda; returned to Milan to perform at La Scala once more.

See also Claudina Cucchi, Venti anni de paloscenio (Rome, 1904).

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