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Licia Colò - Trento Film Festival 2014
Licia is an Italian feminine given name, and may refer to: * Licia Albanese (1909–2014), Italian soprano * Licia Colò (born 1962), Italian journalist * Licia Maglietta (born 1954), Italian actress *Licia Ronzulli (born 1975), Italian medical worker and politician * Licia Troisi (born 1980), Italian fantasy writer * Licia Verde (born 1971), Italian astrophysicist and cosmologist See also *Livia, an ancient Roman Empress *Lycia, a historical region in Anatolia Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...; sometimes spelled "Licia" in Church Latin {{given name Italian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licia Albanese
Licia Albanese (July 22, 1909 – August 15, 2014) was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966. She also made many recordings and was chairwoman of The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, which is dedicated to assisting young artists and singers. Life and career Felicia Albanese was born in July 1909 in Torre Pelosa, (a subdivision of Noicattaro, Italy). Later she went to Torre a Mare, a quarter of Bari (the chief town of the Apulia region). She made her unofficial debut in Milan in 1934, when she replaced another soprano in Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly'', the role for which she would be celebrated. Over 40 years, she sang more than 300 performances of Cio-Cio-San. Although she has been praised for many of her roles, including Mimì, Violetta, Liù and Manon Lescaut, it is her portrayal of the ''geisha'' which has rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licia Colò
Licia Colò (born July 7, 1962) is an Italian TV hostess and journalist. Biography Colò was born in Verona, Veneto. She began her television career in 1982 as either host or author of various shows for RAI, the Italian state television, and Mediaset, Silvio Berlusconi's network. Among these, ''L'Arca di Noè'', ''Paese che vai '' and ''La compagnia dei viaggiatori'', which forecast her passion for shows about travels. In 1989 she had a secondary role in the horror movie ''La casa delle anime erranti''. She has been working exclusively for RAI since 1996, hosting documentary-based shows '' Geo & Geo'', ''King Kong'' and ''Il pianeta delle meraviglie''. Starting in 2001, she has hosted '' Alle falde del Kilimangiaro'', dedicated to travel documentaries, on RAI 3 Rai 3 (formerly Rai Tre) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It was launched on 15 December 1979 and its programming is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licia Maglietta
Licia Maglietta (born 16 November 1954) is an Italian actress and stage director, known for her work with Italian director Silvio Soldini. Their collaborations include romances '' Bread and Tulips'' (2000) – for which Maglietta won multiple awards – and '' Agata and the Storm'' (2004). In 2002 she won her second Italian Golden Globe, for Mafia drama '' Red Moon''. Early career Born in Naples, Licia Maglietta later studied theatre, dance and architecture. In 1981 she joined avant-garde stage company "Falso Movimento" (later renamed Teatri Uniti) where she worked with director Mario Martone. She also worked several times in a theatre company with actor Carlo Cecchi, and directed several stage plays. Maglietta began her screen career in the mid 1980s via a run of television roles, including playing Desdemona in a 1985 telemovie based on Shakespeare's ''Othello''. After working with Mario Martone on 1985 short film ''Nella citta Barocca'', she later acted in Martone's first ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licia Ronzulli
Licia Ronzulli (born 14 September 1975) is an Italian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament, MEP who represented The People of Freedom party and Forza Italia (2013), New Forza Italia party between 2009 and 2014. She won a seat in the 2009 European Parliament election in Italy, 2009 European Parliament election. She was Vice Chair of the Delegation to the ACP countries, ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Employment and Social Affairs committee. Ronzulli is known for being the logistic organiser of Silvio Berlusconi's parties, known in the press as Bunga bunga parties. During her tenure as MEP, she took her daughter, Vittoria, to the European Parliament plenary sessions in Strasbourg. Prior to becoming an MEP, she was a nurse in Milan. Biography Born in Milan the daughter of a ''carabiniere'' of Apulia, Apulian origins, Ronzulli began her career working as a nurse in a hospital. In 2003, she bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licia Troisi
Licia Troisi (born 25 November 1980 in Rome) is an Italian fantasy writer. Her first published book was ''Nihal della terra del vento'' (''Nihal of the Wind land''), published in 2004. This is the first book of a fantasy trilogy entitled ''Cronache del mondo emerso'' (''Chronicles of the Emerged World''). Later, she embarked on a second trilogy, ''Le guerre del mondo emerso'' (''Wars of the Emerged World'') and ''Le leggende del Mondo Emerso'' (''Legends of the Emerged World''). She sold about 900,000 copies in Italy, which currently makes her the best-selling Italian fantasy writer. Her works have been translated into other languages, including German, Lithuanian, French, Dutch language, Dutch, Russian language, Russian, Polish language, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Romanian language, Romanian. Resident in Rome, Licia Troisi also works in astrophysics at the Italian Space Agency. She graduated in physics with a specialization in astrophysics at the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licia Verde
Licia Verde (born 14 October 1971, Venice, Italy) is an Italian cosmologist and theoretical physicist and currently ICREA Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Barcelona. Her research interests include large-scale structure, dark matter, dark energy, inflation and the cosmic microwave background. She received a Laurea degree in 1996 from University of Padua and a PhD in 2000 from the University of Edinburgh, working with Sabino Matarrese and Alan F. Heavens. She did postdoctoral study at Princeton University and joined the faculty of The University of Pennsylvania in 2003. From September 2007, Verde is an ICREA Professor at the ICCUB of the University of Barcelona. She was a Professor II at the University of Oslo during 2013 to 2016. Verde was editor of the Physics of the Dark Universe Journal and is currently scientific director of the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. As of 1 January 2019 she is the chair of the science advisory board of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livia
Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC AD 29) was List of Roman and Byzantine empresses, Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal Adoption in ancient Rome, adoption into the Julia gens, Julia ''gens'' in AD 14. Livia was the daughter of senator Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and his wife Alfidia. She married Tiberius Claudius Nero (father of Tiberius Caesar), Tiberius Claudius Nero around 43 BC, and they had two sons, Tiberius and Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusus. In 38 BC, she divorced Tiberius Claudius Nero and married the political leader Octavian. The Senate granted Octavian the title ''Augustus (title), Augustus'' in 27 BC, effectively making him emperor. In her role as Roman empress, Livia served as an influential confidant to her husband and was rumored to have been responsible for the deaths of several of his relatives, including his grandson Agrippa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycia
Lycia (; Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; , ; ) was a historical region in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is today the provinces of Antalya and Muğla in Turkey as well some inland parts of Burdur Province. The region was known to history from the Late Bronze Age records of ancient Egypt and the Hittite Empire. Lycia was populated by speakers of Luwic languages. Written records began to be inscribed in stone in the Lycian language after Lycia's involuntary incorporation into the Achaemenid Empire in the Iron Age. At that time (546 BC) the Luwian speakers were displaced as Lycia received an influx of Persian speakers. The many cities in Lycia were wealthy as shown by their elaborate architecture starting at least from the 5th century BC and extending to the Roman period. Lycia fought for the Persians in the Persian Wars, but on the defeat of the Achaemenid Empire by the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatolia
Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north. The eastern and southeastern limits have been expanded either to the entirety of Asiatic Turkey or to an imprecise line from the Black Sea to the Gulf of Alexandretta. Topographically, the Sea of Marmara connects the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea through the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, and separates Anatolia from Thrace in Southeast Europe. During the Neolithic, Anatolia was an early centre for the development of farming after it originated in the adjacent Fertile Crescent. Beginning around 9,000 years ago, there was a major migration of Anatolian Neolithic Farmers into Neolithic Europe, Europe, with their descendants coming to dominate the continent a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Feminine Given Names
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Culture of Italy, Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marination * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus * Italien (magazine), ''Italien'' (magazine), pro-Fascist magazine in Germany between 1927 and 1944 See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
