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Petruccio (other)
Petruccio is the primary male character in William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew''. Petruccio or Petruchio may also refer to: People * Petruccio Ubaldini (16th century), Italian calligraphist and illuminator * Petruccio de Migliolo (died 1486), a Roman Catholic prelate * Pietro Montanini (1619–1689), also called Petruccio Perugino, an Italian painter of the Baroque period * Pietro Farnese, also called Petruccio di Cola (c. 1310–1363), an Italian military leader * Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos (born 1996), a Paralympic sprinter from Brazil Other uses * ''Petruccio'', opera by Alick Maclean (1872–1936) * Petruccio, character in Palatsi (opera) by Aulis Sallinen (1995) * Petruccio, character in ''The Queen and Concubine ''The Queen and Concubine'' is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Richard Brome and first published in 1659. It has sometimes been called Brome's best tragicomedy. Publication and date The play was first printed when it was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petruccio
Petruchio (an anglicisation of the Italian name Petruccio; ) is the male protagonist in Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (c. 1590–1594). Petruchio is a fortune seeker who enters into a marriage with a strong-willed young woman named Kate and then proceeds to "tame" her temperamental spirit. The role has attracted notable performers. Plot In the play, Petruchio comes to the town of Padua in the hopes of marrying a wealthy woman. Hortensio suggests that he marry Kate Minola, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the city, particularly because Hortensio can not court her sister Bianca until Kate is married. Petruchio takes an interest in Kate, owing to the dowry he could potentially receive, and agrees. During his first encounter with Kate, he matches her fierce temper and manages to convince her father that she passionately loves him but only pretends to hate him in public. The two are married, with Petruchio arriving at the wedding late and forcing Kate to le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petruccio Ubaldini
Petruccio Ubaldini (c.1524 – c.1600) was an Italian ('' Tuscan'') mercenary soldier for Henry VIII (1545–47) and in Edward VI's Scottish war (1549) a calligraphist and illuminator on vellum, who was working in England in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and seems to have enjoyed the favor of the Court. One of his illuminated books, presented by him to Elizabeth, is in the Bodleian Library, and Walpole gives a list of other works, formerly in the King's Library, and now, most of them, in the British Museum. He was also an author and dedicated his ''Description of Scotland and the Islands'' to Sir Christopher Hatton. Life He was born in Tuscany, about 1524. Ubaldini was first a soldier. He came to England in 1545, entered the service of the crown, and was employed on the continent in some capacity which took him back to Italy. He returned to England in the reign of Edward VI, and saw service in the Scottish war under James Croft, governor of Haddington. He fought for England ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petruccio De Migliolo .
He served as Bishop of Lacedonia until his death in 1481.
Petruccio de Migliolo (died 1486) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lacedonia (1463–1481) ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Bisaccia (1450–1463). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 12 June 1450, Petruccio de Migliolo was appointed during the papacy of Pope Nicholas V as Bishop of Bisaccia. On 30 January 1463, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius II as Bishop of Lacedonia The Italian Catholic diocese of Lacedonia (Laquedonia, Cedonia), a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento in Campania, existed until 1986 when incorporated into the reorganized Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia. References External links and additional sources [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Montanini
Pietro Montanini (1619–1689), also called ''Petruccio Perugino'', was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Perugia and first apprenticed with the painter Ciro Ferri, then Salvator Rosa. Among his pupils in Perugia were Mattia Battini (born 1666) and Giuseppe Laudati (born 1672). His canvas of St Francis Xavier was painted for the Capella Decemvirale in Perugia. Francesco Busti Francesco Busti (1678–1767) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque and Neoclassical periods. Biography He was born in Perugia. He was putatively a pupil of Giovanni Battista Gaulli Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709) ... also contributed to this chapel. His nephew, Giovanni Fonticelli, was also a painter. References * *Bruno Toscano, ''Un San Giovannino Inedito di Pietro Montanini'', in ''La Storia e la Critica. Atti della Giornata di Studi per Festeggiare Antonino Caleca,'' Pisa: Pacini Editore, 2016. 1619 births 1689 deaths 17th-century It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Farnese
Pietro Farnese, also called Piero de Farneto or Petruccio di Cola (c. 1310 – 20 June 1363) was an Italian '' condottiero.'' He was co-lord of Farnese, Canino, Ischia and Cellere, Captain General of the Papal Army and Captain General of the Florentine Army. Biography Little is known of his youth. In 1338, at Orvieto, together with his father Nicola, he sided with the Monaldeschi della Vipera against the Monaldeschi della Cervara and was declared a rebel. In 1345 he returned to Orvieto and was appointed as commander of the communal army, commanding 5,000 men at the siege of Castiglion Fiorentino. In February 1352 he was able to reconquer Orvieto, which had surrendered to Perugia, but was pushed back by Pepo Monaldeschi del Cane. In 1354 he entered the service of cardinal Gil de Albornoz at Milan, to fight against the Ghibelline leader Bernabò Visconti. In November of the following year he became Captain General of the Papal Army, receiving half the fief of Onano in the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alick Maclean
Alexander "Alick" Morvaren Maclean (20 July 1872 – 18 May 1936) was an English composer and conductor. Maclean's father Charles Maclean was Director of Music at Eton College. The younger Maclean was born there and later went to the school. He became interested in opera and wrote an 'English' verismo work called ''Petruccio''. This was presented in a double-bill with ''Cavalleria rusticana'' at the Royal Opera in London, on 29 June 1895. As an opera composer he enjoyed more success in Germany than in England, and two of his later works were staged in Mainz. The librettist for all his works was Sheridan Ross. From 1912 to 1935 he conducted the Spa Orchestra at Scarborough. He died in London in 1936. Stage works * ''Crichton'' (unperformed, c. 1892) * ''Quentin Durward'' (London, 1894) * ''Petruccio'' (London, 1895) * ''Die Liebegeige'' (Mainz, 1906) * ''Maître Seiler'' (London, 1909) * ''Die Waldidylle'' (Mainz, 1913) Recordings Maclean recorded for HMV Sunrise Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palatsi (opera)
''Palatsi'' (''The Palace'') is an opera in three acts, Op. 68, composed by Aulis Sallinen, on a libretto by Irene Dische and Hans Magnus Enzensberger. The translation of the libretto into Finnish was by the composer. Background The opera was commissioned by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and composed between 1991 and 1993.Some Thoughts on The Palace by Aulis Sallinen, 1995. At the Music Finland site. ''Palatsi'' was first performed on 26 July 1995 at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. It was recorded and issued on CD by Koch Classics, and a performance of the opera was filmed by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen And Concubine
''The Queen and Concubine'' is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Richard Brome and first published in 1659. It has sometimes been called Brome's best tragicomedy. Publication and date The play was first printed when it was included in the 1659 Brome collection ''Five New Plays'', issued by the booksellers Andrew Crooke and Henry Brome (no relation to the dramatist). Its date of authorship and earliest stage production is uncertain; scholars have generally placed it c. 1635 or in the 1635–40 period. Genre Of Brome's sixteen surviving plays (including ''The Late Lancashire Witches'', his collaboration with Thomas Heywood), the vast majority are comedies; only three are tragicomedies. (Along with ''The Queen and Concubine'', the others are '' The Lovesick Court'' and '' The Queen's Exchange''.) Brome may have chosen the tragicomic form for ''Queen and Concubine'' because it allowed him to make, in a limited form and degree, a political commentary. Critics have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petruchio (Romeo And Juliet)
William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'' contains a relatively distinctive cast of characters. In addition to the play's eponymous protagonists, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, the play, which is set in Verona, Italy, contains roles for members of their respective families and households; Prince Escalus, the city's ruler, and his kinsman, Count Paris; and various unaffiliated characters such as Friar Laurence and the Chorus. In addition the play contains two ghost characters (Petruchio and Valentine) and an unseen character (Rosaline). House of Escalus Prince Escalus Prince Escalus, the Prince of Verona, is the desperate resolver of the feuding families. He is based on the actual Scaliger family which ruled Verona, possibly on Bartolomeo I. Escalus is the voice of authority in Verona. He appears only three times within the text and only to administer justice following major events in the feud between the Capulet and Montague families. He first punishes Capulet and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
