Hanka, Erika#
Hanka, Erika, b. Vinkovci (Croatia), May 18, 1905, d. Vienna, May 16, 1958. 1942 ballet mistress at the Vienna State Opera; saw choreography as "universal synthesis"; worked also at the Salzburg and Bregenz Festivals and in films ("1. April 2000", 1952). Edited the ballet "Hotel Sacher" and wrote the libretto to Mussorgsky's "Pictures from an Exhibition".
Literature#
E. Fleissner-Moebius, E. H. und das Wr. Staatsopernballett, 1995.