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Gesualdo (opera)
Gesualdo may refer to: *Gesualdo, Campania, a town in Italy Given name * Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996), Italian writer *Gesualdo Francesco Ferri (1728–1788), Italian painter *Gesualdo Lanza (1779–1859), Italian teacher of music who made his career in London *Gesualdo Piacenti (born 1954), Italian professional football player Surname *Alfonso Gesualdo (1540–1603), Italian Cardinal *Ascanio Gesualdo (died 1638), Italian archbishop *Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), Italian late Renaissance composer **'' Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices'', a film about the composer **''Gesualdo'', opera by Alfred Schnittke **''Gesualdo'', opera by Bo Holten *Eddy Gesualdo Eduardo "Eddy" Gesualdo (born November 28, 1968) was a midfielder who played for the Winnipeg Fury. Playing career Eddy played with the Winnipeg Fury, from 1990 to 1992. In 1992, he asked for his release from the club, after their 5-2 victory ... (born 1968), Canadian professional football player * Scipione Gesualdo ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesualdo, Campania
Gesualdo is an Italian town in the province of Avellino, itself in the Regions of Italy, region of Campania. It is called ''"The city of the Prince of Musicians"'' in honour of Carlo Gesualdo. It has many palaces, fountains, belvederes, and a historical center, which was partially restored after the 1980 Irpinia earthquake, Irpinia earthquake in 1980. The town is located in the center of Irpinia, between the valleys of the rivers Fredane and Ufita. It is about from Naples and from Rome. Surrounding municipalities are Fontanarosa, Frigento, Grottaminarda, Paternopoli, Villamaina. Castle The first records of the Castle of Gesualdo date to Norman rule in the 12th century. The castle was severely damaged in the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. Restoration work has not been completed yet, but the castle has been partially open to the public since 2015. Main sights * Castle of Gesualdo, founded by Lombards in the 7th century, enlarged in the 15th. It was transformed by Carlo Gesualdo in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesualdo Bufalino
Gesualdo Bufalino (; Comiso, Italy, 15 November 1920 – 14 June 1996), was an Italian writer. Biography Gesualdo Bufalino was born in Comiso, Sicily. He studied literature and was a high-school professor in his hometown, for most of his life. Immediately after World War II, he had to spend some time in a hospital for tuberculosis; hence he drew the material for the novel ''Diceria dell'untore'' (''The Plague Sower''). The book was written in 1950 and completed in 1971, but was published only in 1981, thanks to Bufalino's friend and well-known writer Leonardo Sciascia who discovered his talents. ''Diceria dell'untore'' won the Premio Campiello. In 1988, the novel ''Le menzogne della notte'' (''Night's Lies'') won the Strega Prize. In 1990 he won the Nino Martoglio International Book Award. In his native town the ''Biblioteca di Bufalino'' ("Bufalino's Library") is now named after him. Bibliography Works available in English * ''The Plague Sower'', translated by Stephen Sartare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesualdo Francesco Ferri
Gesualdo Francesco Ferri (San Miniato, Province of Pisa, 2 January 1728 – 22 September 1799) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Florence. Biography He trained in Florence under Giuseppe Piattoli, then became a pupil in Rome under Giuseppe Bottani and Pompeo Batoni. He painted a number of altarpieces in Tuscany. He painted a ''San Lorenzo in Glory'' for Lorenzo Niccolini's villa at Bibbiena. He participated in the decoration of the Villa del Poggio Imperiale Villa del Poggio Imperiale (English: Villa of the Imperial Hill) is a predominantly neoclassical former grand ducal villa in Arcetri, just to the south of Florence in Tuscany, Central Italy. Beginning as a villa of the Baroncelli of Florence, ... with ''scene gallante'' and for the Church of San Firenze. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesualdo Lanza
Gesualdo Lanza (1779–1859) was an Italian teacher of music who made his career in London. Life Born in Naples in 1779, he was son of Giuseppe Lanza, an Italian composer who spent many years in England, and for some time was musician to John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn. He composed the music for ''Arbitration'', ''Outwitted at Last'' and ''The Deserts of Arabia'' premiered at the Covent Garden Opera House on 20 November 1806, the principal characters included Miss Brunton (later Louisa, Countess of Craven) and Mrs Maria Theresa Kemble From his father Gesualdo received instruction in music, and became known in London as a singing-master. Among his pupils were Catherine Stephens (1807) and Anna Maria Tree (1812). In 1829 he produced proposals for a Royal Panarmonion Theatre and Pleasure Gardens in King's Cross, London. The project was unsuccessful and he was declared bankrupt in 1830. His architect, who was also declared bankrupt, was Stephen Geary. In 1842 Lanza start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesualdo Piacenti
Gesualdo Piacenti (born 15 July 1954 in Trevi nel Lazio) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 123 appearances in the Italian professional leagues. He played one season in Serie A for Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a ... ( 1977–78), making 14 appearances. References 1954 births Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie A players SPAL players AC Monza players AS Roma players Delfino Pescara 1936 players UC Sampdoria players Parma Calcio 1913 players Serie B players Footballers from the Province of Frosinone {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Gesualdo
Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (20 October 1540 – 14 February 1603) was an Italian Cardinal starting in 1561. He was from Calitri, not far from Naples. His attendance at the papal conclave of 1565-1566 at the age of only 25 makes him one of the youngest Cardinals ever to participate in a papal election.Miranda, Salvator. 1998. Consistory of February 26, 1561 (II) He was Archbishop of Conza in 1564, Bishop of Albano in 1583, Bishop of Frascati in 1587, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1589, Bishop of Ostia in 1591, and Archbishop of Naples in 1596. He was a patron of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, the mother church of the Theatine Order.Marcia B. Hall, ''Rome'' (2005), p. 303. The composer Carlo Gesualdo Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa ( – 8 September 1613) was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century ... was his nephew. Episcopa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascanio Gesualdo
Ascanio Gesualdo (died 27 January 1638) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bari (1613–1638), Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1618–1638), and Apostolic Nuncio to the Emperor (1617–1621)."Patriarch Ascanio Gesualdo" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 Biography Gesualdo was born in Naples in the later sixteenth century, the son of Michele Gesualdo and Maria Caracciolo. In 1609 he became a of the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Gesualdo
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa ( – 8 September 1613) was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century. He is also known for killing his first wife and her aristocratic lover upon finding them ''in flagrante delicto''. Biography Early life Gesualdo's family had acquired the principality of Venosa in what is now the Province of Potenza, Southern Italy, in 1560. He was probably born on March 30, 1566, three years after his older brother Luigi, though some sources have stated that he was born on March 8. Older ones give the year of birth as 1560 or 1561, but this is no longer accepted. A letter from Gesualdo's mother, Geronima Borromeo, indicates that the year is most likely 1566. Gesualdo's uncle was Carlo Borromeo, later Saint Charles Borromeo. His mother was the niece of Pope Pius IV. Most likely Carlo was born at Venosa, then par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death For Five Voices
''Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices'' (German: ''Tod für fünf Stimmen'') is a 1995 film by German director Werner Herzog filmed for ZDF television. The film explores the music of Carlo Gesualdo and the legends surrounding Gesualdo's personality, his cursed castle, and his murder of his wife and her lover. Between narration and interviews, several of Gesualdo's madrigals are performed. Herzog calls ''Death for Five Voices'' "one of the films closest to my heart." Synopsis The film begins in the ruins of Gesualdo's castle, where a worker is giving a tour. Several people are encountered, including a man who plays music into the cracks in the walls in order to deal with the demons which haunt the place, and a woman who claims to be the ghost of Donna Maria d'Avalos, Gesualdo's wife whom he murdered. Two cooks discuss and reconstruct an extravagant wedding feast which Gesualdo had ordered. Herzog also visits some workers from a local mental health clinic, who claim that they once treate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in ..depth and detail." Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic Symphony No. 1 (1969–1972) and his first concerto grosso (1977). In the 1980s, Schnittke's music began to become more widely known abroad with the publication of his second (1980) and third (1983) string quartets and the String Trio (1985); the ballet ''Peer Gynt'' (1985–1987); the third (1981), fourth (1984), and fifth (1988) symphonies; and the viola concerto ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Holten
Bo Holten (born 22 October 1948) is a Danish composer and conductor. He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles '' Ars Nova (Copenhagen)'' and '' Musica Ficta (Denmark)'', as well as guest-conductor for the ''BBC Singers''. He was the principal conductor for the Flemish Radio Choir (Vlaams Radio Koor) in Brussels until 2012. As a composer he has written more than 100 works, including 6 operas, 2 musicals, 2 symphonies, and 5 solo concertos. He has also composed several film scores, amongst them the music for Lars Von Trier's ''The Element of Crime ''The Element of Crime'' ( da, Forbrydelsens Element) is a 1984 experimental neo-noir crime film co-written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is the first feature film directed by Trier and the first installment of the director's Europa trilog ...''. Notable works * Sinfonia concertante for Cello & Orchestra (1987) * Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1990) * '' Wisdom and Folly'', choir (1993) * '' Operation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Gesualdo
Eduardo "Eddy" Gesualdo (born November 28, 1968) was a midfielder who played for the Winnipeg Fury. Playing career Eddy played with the Winnipeg Fury, from 1990 to 1992. In 1992, he asked for his release from the club, after their 5-2 victory against Montreal Supra at Winnipeg Stadium, following a decrease in his playing time. He had made 14 total appearances during the 1990 and 1991 seasons, but had not made any appearances in 1992. He has also been noted to play with the Sons of Italy Lions, Ital-Inter, Lucania and AC Italia in Winnipeg. In 2008, the 1992 Canadian Soccer League The Canadian Soccer League (CSL; french: Ligue canadienne de soccer — LCS) is a semi-professional league for Canadian soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario, and claims the history of the Canadian National Soccer League (C ... Champion Winnipeg Fury were inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, with members of the team re-uniting to play against local team AC Italia, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
