Antonio Cortesi

Antonio Cortesi (December 1796 – April 1879) was an Italian ballet dancer, choreographer, and composer.

He was particularly known for the numerous ballets which he created and choreographed in the first half of the 19th Century for major Italian theatres, including La Scala, La Fenice, and the Teatro Regio in Turin.

[1] Many of Cortesi's ballets had music expressly composed for them by Luigi Maria Viviani.

Others used existing pieces of music by a variety of composers, chosen and arranged by Cortesi.

[1] Ballets devised and choreographed by Cortesi include:[2]