Annetta Pelucchi | |
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Born | Italy |
Other names | Annette Pelucchi, Annetta Blanchard |
Occupation | Dancer |
Annetta Pelucchi was a dancer with the Chicago Opera Company.
Pelucchi was born in Italy,[where?][when?] the daughter of an Italian army officer. Her mother was French.[1] She studied dance in Milan.[2]
Pelucchi danced with the Opéra-Comique in Paris. She moved to the United States and became premiere danseuse with the Chicago Opera Ballet in 1917.[3][4][5] She danced in operas of the 1917–1918 season, including Les Huguenots starring Myrna Sharlow and Rosa Raisa,[6] The Jewels of the Madonna starring Giulio Crimi,[7] Azora starring Anna Fitziu,[8] Louise starring Genevieve Vix,[9] and Lakmé and La traviata, both starring Amelita Galli-Curci.[10][11]
Pelucchi married Massachusetts legislator and writer Arthur Franklyn Blanchard in 1918.[1]