Mlle Eugénie Schlosser

On 25 March 1861, the day after the third and final performance of Wagner's Tannhäuser, Amalia Ferraris created the title role in Graziosa, a one-act ballet by Lucien Petipa, with music by Labarre and scenario by J. Derley. This latter name cloaked the identity of comte Roger de Sainte-Marie, a young and elegant member of the Jockey Club.

The action of the ballet was set in the public square of a small town near Naples in the days of Spanish rule. Eleven female dancers appeared in the production's 'corrida de los torros.' Mlles Schlosser, Simon, Troisvalets and Baratte all played the part of banderillos. Mlles Moncelet, Mauperin, Stoïkoff and Lamy were chulos, Mlles Parent and Poinet appeared as picadores and Mlle Marquet was the scene's only espada.

Photographed by A. A. E. Disdéri.