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Oreste (given Name)
Oreste is an Italian masculine given name. It is derived from the Orestes, who in Greek mythology is the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. People with the name Oreste include: * Oreste Albertini (1887–1953), Italian painter * Oreste Arpè (1889–1977), Italian wrestler, Olympic competitor * Oreste Barale (also known as Barale III) (1904–1982), Italian footballer *Oreste Baratieri (1841–1901), Italian general and governor of Eritrea *Oreste Benatti (1909–??), Italian footballer *Oreste Baldini (born 1962), Italian actor and voice dubbing artist *Oreste Benzi (1925–2007), Italian Catholic priest *Oreste Biancoli (1897–1971), Italian screenwriter and film director * Oreste Bilancia (1881–1945), Italian actor *Oreste Candi (1865–1938), Italian luthier * Oreste Capuzzo (1908–1985), Italian gymnast and Olympic competitor * Oreste Casalini (1962–2020), Italian painter and sculptor *Oreste Cioni (1913–1968), Italian footballer *Oreste Conte (1919–1956), I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle (Saale), Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727, became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphony, polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque. In turn, Handel's music forms one of the peaks of the "high baroque" style, bringing Italian opera to its highest development, creating the genres of English oratorio and organ concerto, and introducing a new style into English church music. He is consistently recognized as one of the greatest composers of his age. Handel started three c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Candi
Oreste Candi (27 November 1865 – 4 September 1938) was an Italian luthier. Candi was born in Minerbio near Bologna. He was the older brother of Cesare Candi, and was the first of the two brothers to apprentice under Raffaele Fiorini (in Bologna). He later moved to work in Genoa. In 1886, he was already an employee of the Barberis brothers. Then, in the last decade of the 19th century, he dedicated himself to the construction of mandolins and guitars with his younger brother Cesare in their own violin making workshop in via dei Servi 54. From the 1900s to 1930, Oreste had a workshop at Vico di Ponticello. He began making stringed instruments at a relatively late age; the construction of violins before 1915 was sporadic. 'The most interesting of his works were inspired by the Genova school of the 18th Century which he probably knew from originals and also copies left from Erminio Montefiori.' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Pinto
Oreste Pinto (9 October 1889 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands – 18 September 1961 in London, England) was a Dutch counterintelligence officer and Lieutenant-Colonel. His activities during the Second World War, in which he worked with MI5 interrogating refugees to England, resulted in the capture of eight spies. Career During the Second World War, Pinto was an MI5 interrogator. He interviewed over 30,000 immigrants to the UK at the euphemistically named "London Reception Centre" in the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building in Wandsworth. In 1952, Pinto published two books, ''Spy-catcher'' and ''Friend or Foe?'' These formed the basis of the 1959-1961 BBC television series ''Spycatcher'', and also an earlier BBC Radio series, in both of which he was portrayed by Bernard Archard. A further book, ''Spycatcher 2'', based on the series, was published in 1960. The 1962 Dutch programme '' De Fuik'', in which Pinto was portrayed by Frits Butzelaar, was also derived from them. Dwight Eise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Piccioni
Oreste Piccioni (October 24, 1915 – April 13, 2002) was an Italian-American physicist who made important contributions to elementary particle physics during the early years of its history. He was a graduate student of Enrico Fermi at the University of Rome, receiving his doctorate in 1938."Oreste Piccioni, Leading Physicist, Dies at 86", Obituary, by Kenneth Chang, ''New York Times'' , April 27, 2002/ref>Wenzle, W.A., Swanson, R.A., and Mehlhop, W.A.W., Physics Today, April 2003/ref> Remaining in Italy during World War II, he did fundamental research under difficult conditions in the basement of a high school, which first clarified the nature of the muon.M. Conversi, E. Pancini, and O. Piccioni, Phys. Rev. 68 (1945) 232 Biography In 1946 he emigrated to the United States, where he worked first at MIT with Bruno Rossi, and then at BNL's Cosmotron, developing faster nuclear electronics and essential techniques for extracting, transporting, and focusing beams of high ene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Perri
Oreste Perri (born 27 June 1951) is an Italian sprint canoeist (and later politician) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Biography Perri was born in Castelverde, in the province of Cremona. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 1000 m: 1975 (tied with Poland's Grzegorz Śledziewski, K-1 10000 m: 1974, 1975, 1977) and two bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1974, 1977). Perri also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth twice (1972: K-4 1000 m, 1976: K-1 1000 m). On 22 June 2009, Perri was sworn in as mayor of Cremona, 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 .... References * * * External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perri, Oreste 1951 births Living people Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Moricca
Oreste Moricca (5 August 1891 – 21 June 1984) was an Italian fencing, fencer. He won a gold and bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics. See also *Moricca References External links * 1891 births 1984 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from the Province of Vibo Valentia Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Marrero
Oreste Vilato Marrero Vázquez (born October 31, 1969) is a former professional baseball first baseman. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in t ..., appearing in 42 games during the 1993 and 1996 seasons. After his release from the Dodgers system, Marrero played from 2000 to 2005 in the Atlantic League, primarily with the Bridgeport Bluefish. References External links 1969 births Living people Albuquerque Dukes players Arizona League Brewers players Beloit Brewers players Boise Hawks players Bridgeport Bluefish players El Paso Diablos players Harrisburg Senators players Helena Brewers players Huntsville Stars players Lancaster Barnstormers players Los Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Lionello
Oreste Lionello (18 April 1927 – 19 February 2009) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Lionello was born in Rhodes (which was then a possession of Italy), to Calabrian parents, and grew up in Reggio Calabria. He began his career as a theatre actor, and was considered amongst the founders of Italian cabaret. In 1953 he entered the Musical Theatrical Company of RAI (Italian state TV) and the following year he debuted in television with ''Marziano Filippo'', a boys' show. In the 1960s, he was one of the founders of the Bagaglino comic theatre and TV company and he had found success as an entertainer on Italian TV in the 1970s and 1980s. As an actor, Lionello acted in over 56 feature films and several television shows. He appeared in five episodes of ''Le avventure di Laura Storm'' and he made his debut film appearance in ''The Cheerful Squadron''. As a voice actor, Lionello was the official Italian voice of Woody Allen. Other actors he dubbed included Charlie Chaplin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Kirkop
Oreste Kirkop (Chircop) (26 July 1923 - 10 May 1998) was a Maltese singer. Biography Kirkop was born in Ħamrun (Malta). He was the sixth child among the ten siblings of Jean Chircop and Fortunata Panzavecchia. He started to realise his singing capabilities while singing in the shelters during wartime. Afterwards he took lessons from Maltese tenor Nicolo Baldachino. Oreste made his operatic debut on 25 February 1945 as Turiddu in ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' at the Radio City Opera House in Ħamrun (Malta). In 1948, he met Maltese baritone Joseph Satariano who encouraged him to start an opera career in the UK. Between 1949 and 1950 he continued singing opera with visiting Italian companies and appeared in concert with Tito Gobbi and Maria Caniglia. In 1950 he moved to the United Kingdom and sang principal tenor roles with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, later with Sadler's Wells (1952) singing Turiddu, Mario Cavaradossi, and Rodolfo in ''Luisa Miller''. He appeared on BBC TV as Canio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Grossi
Oreste Grossi (14 March 1912 – 16 February 2008) was an Italian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou .... In 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Italian boat in the men's eight event. External links profile 1912 births 2008 deaths Italian male rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Sportspeople from Livorno Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Giorgi
Oreste Giorgi (19 May 1856 – 30 December 1924) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary. Early life and priesthood Oreste Giorgi was born in Valmontone, Italy. He was educated at the Pontifical Roman Seminary, Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 21 December 1878. He served as a faculty member of the Roman College, from 1879 to 1891. He also served as an official at the Apostolic Penitentiary from December 1891. He was created Privy chamberlain supra numerum on 9 February 1897. He was raised to the level of Domestic prelate of His Holiness on 8 October 1903 and finally to the level of Protonotary apostolic on 5 November 1903. He was the undersecretary of the Congregation for Bishops from 3 June 1907 as well as his duties at the congregation he was an Auditor of the Roman Rota. He was appointed as the Secretary of the Congregation of the Council on 7 December 1911. Cardinalate He was created and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Conte
Oreste Conte (19 July 1919 – 7 October 1956) was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 Tour de France. Major results ;1939 :1st Coppa San Geo ;1941 :1st Coppa San Geo ;1944 :1st Coppa Bernocchi ;1946 :1st Stages 11, 16a & 17 Giro d'Italia :2nd Milano–Torino ;1947 :1st Stages 7 & 11 Giro d'Italia :1st Milano–Modena ;1948 :1st Stages 12 & 14 Giro d'Italia ;1949 :1st Stages 12 & 16 Giro d'Italia ;1950 :1st Stages 1 & 18 Giro d'Italia :3rd Milan–San Remo ;1952 :1st Stage 2 Deutschland Tour :1st Stages 12 Giro d'Italia :2nd Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ... ;1953 :1st Stages 12 Giro d'Italia References External links * 1919 births 1956 deaths Italian male cyclists Sportspeople from Udine Cyclists from Friuli Ven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
