!!!Wallmann, Margarethe

Wallmann, Margarethe, b. Vienna, June 22, 1904, d. Monaco, 
May 2, 1992. Dancer, choreographer and director. Embarked on her 
dancing career as a child. Choreographer at the Salzburg Festival 
1931-1939, head of ballet at the Vienna State Opera and head of the 
Opera Ballet School 1934-1938. Fled to the USA and Argentina in 1939. 
After 1945 first woman director to make an international career 
(Italy, USA, London, Salzburg); worked with H. v.  Karajan, with 
whom she had a excellent working relationship.

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Work: Les balcons du ciel, 1976 (autobiography).


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