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Giuseppe Pietri
Giuseppe Pietri (Sant'Ilario, ''frazione'' of Marina di Campo, ''comune'' of Campo nell'Elba, 6 May 1886 – Milan, 11 August 1946) was an Italian composer, known primarily for his work in operetta. Excerpts from one of his works, the opera ''Maristella'', were widely recorded and continue to be so on CD. The aria "Io conosco un giardino" from that work has been popular with tenors, and has been frequently recorded separately; among the singers to record it are Luciano Pavarotti, Beniamino Gigli, Joseph Calleja and more recently, Rolando Villazón. Pietri studied composition at the Milan Conservatory at Gaetano Coronato. He studied harmony and counterpoint with Amintore Galli. He composed operas in versistical tradition, but it was his operettas that made him a popular success. He developed an independent Italian idiom for the operetta. The most famous was L'acqua cheta, which premiered in Rome in 1920. The text was from a 1908 Tuscan dialect piece by Augusto Novelli, a romanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Josephus, Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppina (given name), Giuseppina. People with the given name Artists and musicians * Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707), Italian composer * Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 or 1527–1593), Italian painter * Giuseppe Belli (singer) (1732–1760), Italian castrato singer * Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863), Italian poet * Giuseppe Castiglione (1829–1908) (1829–1908), Italian painter * Giuseppe Giordani (1751–1798), Italian composer, mainly of opera * Giuseppe Ottaviani (born 1978), Italian musician and disc jockey * Giuseppe Psaila (1891–1960), Maltese Art Nouveau architect * Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750), Italian composer and oboist * Giuseppe Sanmartino or Sammartino (1720–1793), Italian sculptor * Giuseppe Santomaso (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Veneziani
Carlo Veneziani (July 12, 1882 – January 17, 1950) was an Italian playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the comedy play ''The Ancestor''Estavan & Burgess, p. 101 which was later adapted into a film of the same title. Born at Leporano in southern Italy, he died in Milan. Selected filmography * ''The Ancestor'' (1938) * ''The Hussar Captain ''The Hussar Captain'' or ''Captain of the Hussars'' (Italian: ''Il capitano degli ussari'') is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Sándor Szlatinay and starring Clara Tabody, Enrico Viarisio and Pina Gallini. It was made at the Fert Studi ...'' (1940) References Bibliography * Estavan, Lawrence & Burgess, Mary Wickizer, '' The Italian Theatre in San Francisco'' (Wildside Press, 1991) External links * 1882 births 1950 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from the Province of Taranto 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Alfieri, Florence
The Teatro Alfieri was a major theatre and opera house in 18th and 19th century Florence, located at Via dell'Ulivo #6 corner Via Pietrapiana in the Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. History It was constructed originally in 1740 by members of the ''Accademia dei Risoluti''. At that time it was known as the ''Teatro di Santa Maria'' (the name of a nearby street) or the ''Teatro Risoluti''. The theatre underwent extensive reconstruction and enlargement in 1828, supervised by the architect Vittorio Bellini (1798 - 1860). It re-opened as the Teatro Alfieri, named in honour of the playwright Vittorio Alfieri. In its heyday, the theatre interior decorations were elaborate, was used for both prose drama and operas. In the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, it also became known as a performance venue for plays written in the Florentine dialect. The theatre was demolished in 1928 when the Fascist government of Florence re-developed the Santa Croce district. Premieres *''L'amor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Bonelli
Luigi Bonelli (1892–1954) was an Italian playwright and screenwriter.Goble p.999 Selected filmography * ''Paradise'' (1932) * ''Palio'' (1932) *''Nini Falpala'' (1933) * ''Ginevra degli Almieri'' (1935) * ''Territorial Militia'' (1935) * ''The Man Who Smiles'' (1936) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1940) * ''Boccaccio'' (1940) * ''Rossini'' (1942) * ''Souls in Turmoil'' (1942) * ''The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' (1942) * '' The Iron Swordsman'' (1949) * ''Captain Demonio'' (1950) * '' The Captain of Venice'' (1951) * ''Tragic Spell ''Tragic Spell'' (Italian: ''Incantesimo tragico (Oliva)'') is a 1951 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring María Félix, Rossano Brazzi and Massimo Serato.Darby p.449 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Th ...'' (1951) * '' The Angels of the District'' (1952) * '' Redemption'' (1952) * '' The Angel of Sin'' (1952) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa, had 855,834 resident persons. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of Republic of Genoa, one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the commercial trade in Europe, becoming one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Simoni
Renato Simoni (Verona, 5 September 1875 – Milan, 5 July 1952) was an Italian journalist, playwright, writer and theatrical critic noted for his collaboration work with Giuseppe Adami for Giacomo Puccini's ''Turandot''. Simoni's career was entirely devoted to theater. His first job was as an editor and a critic at ''L'Adige'', a local Veronese newspaper company in his hometown. In 1902, he wrote one of his best comedies, ''La Vedova'', followed by ''Carlo Gozzi'' (1903), ''Tramondo'' (1906), ''Congedo'' (1910) and ''Il matrimonio di Casanova''. In 1914, he succeeded John Pozza as an author and critic at ''Corriere della Sera'' newspaper. He worked for the company until the end of his life. He also held a position as a director for a weekly magazine, ''La Tradotta''. All his writings and critics were collected in volumes by Lucio Ridenti in 1951 under the title ''Trent'anni di cronaca drammatica'' and was published in 1960. In 1952, Simoni donated 40,000 volumes of his writings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Lombardo
Carlo Lombardo dei Baroni Lombardo di San Chirico (Naples, 28 November 1869 – Milan, 19 December 1959) known also under the composer-pseudonyms Léon Bard, Leo Bard, Leblanc and M. Fernandez, was an Italian operetta impresario, comedian, librettist, publisher and "composer" of pasticcio productions of other composers' music. He is regarded in Italy as the father of the late 19th and early 20th Century revival in Italian operetta. Lombardo was responsible, in a somewhat debatable manner, for getting Pietro Mascagni to write the operetta '' Sì''. His brother was the conductor and composer Costantino Lombardo. His publishing house, Lombardo Editore, continues to publish sheet music for operettas. Operettas and pasticcios *''La Regina del Fonografo (The Queen of the Phonograph)'', music Carlo Lombardo (Leon Bard), libretto Carlo Lombardo e Gil Blas, ca. 1915 *''La duchessa del Bal Tabarin'', 1917 *''Madama di Tebe'', libretto and music by Lombardo, Milan, 7 March 1918 *'' Sì'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Lirico (Milan)
The Teatro Lirico (known until 1894 as the Teatro alla Canobbiana) is a theatre in Milan, Italy. In the 19th and early 20th centuries it hosted numerous opera performances, including the world premieres of Donizetti's '' L'elisir d'amore'' and Giordano's '' Fedora''. The theatre, located on Via Rastrelli, closed in 1998. However, a restoration project was begun in April 2007, and it has finally re-opened in December 2021 as the Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber. Stage Entertainment carried on the renovation of the Theatre, completing all finishes and all workings started by the administration "Comune di Milano". History The Teatro Regio Ducale, the court theatre of the Royal Palace of Milan, was destroyed by fire on February 26, 1776. With the city deprived of its only theatre, Giuseppe Piermarini was commissioned to design and build two new theatres on land surrounding the Palace. The church of Santa Maria della Scala was demolished to build the Teatro alla Scala. A second theatre w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Eliseo
The Teatro Eliseo (literally "Eliseus Theater") is a theatre located in Rome, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re .... Initially named Arena Nazionale ("National Arena"), built of wood and dedicated to variety shows, over the years took on increasing importance, up to undergoing a makeover in 1938 that decreed its current appearance and name. References External links * Theatres in Rome Theatres completed in 1938 {{Italy-theat-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Adriano
The Teatro Adriano (i.e. "Adriano Theater"), also known as Politeama Adriano and Cinema Adriano, is a cinema and former theatre located in Piazza Cavour, Rome, Italy. It was built by Pio Gallas and Romeo Bisini on a project by architect Luigi Rolland (the father of Luigi Moretti) and inaugurated on 1 June 1898 with a representation of the Amilcare Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda (opera), La Gioconda conducted by Edoardo Mascheroni.Silvana Matarazzo. ''Teatri a Roma tra storia e contemporaneità''. Napoli: Edizioni Intra Moenia, 2004. . The Beatles played four shows here in June 1965 during their European Tour. References External links Theatres in Rome Cinemas in Italy Theatres completed in 1898 {{Italy-theat-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guglielmo Zorzi
Guglielmo Zorzi (1879–1967) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.Vacche p.262 Selected filmography Director * '' The Redemption'' (1924) * ''The Closed Mouth'' (1925) * ''The Golden Vein'' (1928) Screenwriter * '' Blue Blood'' (1914) * ''The Closed Mouth'' (1925) * ''The Lady in White'' (1938) * ''The Iron Crown'' (1941) * ''Margaret of Cortona Margaret of Cortona (1247 – 22 February 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonized in 1728. She is the patron saint of the falsely accused ...'' (1950) References Bibliography * Vacche, Angela Dalle. ''Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema''. University of Texas Press, 2008. External links * 1879 births 1966 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Film people from Bologna 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
