Nicola Guerra

Nicola Guerra (2 May 1865, Naples – 5 February 1942, Cernobbio aged 76) was an Italian dancer, choreographer and ballet master.

Trained in dance by a student of Carlo Blasis, he was primo ballerino in many Italian and foreign theaters and performed in New York in The Black Crook.

A dancer and ballet master at the Vienna State Opera (1896–1901), he directed the ballet of the Budapest Opera (1902-1915), then the Paris Opera Ballet (1927–1929) and finally the school dance of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (1931–1932).


Preceded by
Léo Staats		 Director of
Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris
19271929 		Succeeded by
Serge Lifar
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