Tarnowski, Aleksander
Tarnowski Antoni, *6 January 1822 Warsaw, †6 February 1887 Warsaw, twin brother of Aleksander, Polish dancer. He was a dancer since ca. 1842, a soloist in 1843–49 and the first ballet dancer of the Warsaw Theatre Directorate since 1850; he was also given parts previously performed by his brother Aleksander since 1856. In 1866, he had an accident during a performance and was forced to end his career. In 1868, he became a teacher at the ballet school of the Warsaw Theatre Directorate. Multi-talented, he gained fame as a performer of character parts requiring comedy talent and parody skills, and as an excellent stage partner of, among others, C. Grisi (1853) and N. Bogdanov (1859 and 1866), who performed as guests in Warsaw.
Literature: J. Pudełek Warszawski balet romantyczny (1802–1866), Kraków 1968.
Pierre Gringoire in Esmeralda, music C. Pugni arranged by J. Stefani, choreography R. Turczynowicz after J. Perrot, Polish staging Warsaw 1851
Diavolino in Catarina ou la Fille du bandit, music C. Pugni arranged by J. Stefani, choreography R. Turczynowicz after J. Perrot, since ca. 1853
Don Diego in Paquita, music E. Deldevez arranged by J. Stefani, choreography R. Turczynowicz after J. Mazilier, Polish staging Warsaw 1854
Albert in Giselle, or The Wilis, music A. Adam arranged by J. Stefani, choreography R. Turczynowicz after J. Coralli and J. Perrot, since 1856
Count Leonardo in Asmodea, Le Diable Amoureux, music Scaramelli and J. Stefani, choreography R. Turczynowicz after J. Mazilier, since ca. 1857
Corrado in The Corsair, music A. Adam arranged by J. Stefani, choreography R. Turczynowicz after J. Mazilier, Polish staging Warsaw 1857
Federici in Marco Spada, music G. Auber arranged by G. Różniecki, choreography R. Turczynowicz after J. Mazilier, Polish staging Warsaw 1858
Henryk in Modniarki, czyli karnawał paryski, music M. Strebinger, choreography R. Turczynowicz, Polish staging Warsaw 1859