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Virgínia Dias Da Silva
Virgínia Dias da Silva ComSE (1850–1922), better known as Actriz Virginia (Actress Virginia), was a Portuguese stage actress. Early life Virgínia Dias da Silva was born, on 19 March 1850 in the parish of Salvador in Torres Novas in the Santarém district of Portugal. She was the daughter of Simão Dias da Silva and Miquelina da Conceição, who both came from the same town. At a young age, she moved to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, under the care of an aunt who wanted to employ her in a sewing workshop, something she was not happy about. She became interested in the theatre under the influence of her godfather, Rafael Rodrigues de Oliveira, a shareholder in the ''Teatro da Rua dos Condes'' in Lisbon. She began to audition at the age 13, with little success but after three years she joined the ''Teatro do Príncipe Real'' (later, the '' Teatro Apolo''), owned by businessman César de Lima. On April 15, 1866, she debuted in a small role, in the 2-act comedy ''Mocidade e Honr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torres Novas
Torres Novas () is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Santarém, in the Médio Tejo of the Centro region. The population of the municipality was approximately 36,717 (from the 2011 census), with the city of Torres Novas (seat of the municipality) has about 15,000 inhabitants in an area that encompasses . History Pre-Monarchy The earliest sign of human life in the Portuguese territory is the 400,000 year old skull discovered at the Cave of Aroeira in 2017. The territory of Torres Novas was settled as early as the Paelothic in areas situated along the margins of the karstic network of the River Almonda, such as the grottos in Buraca da Moura, Buraca da Oliveira and Lapa da Bugalheira. During the primordial period before Roman occupation, there were various ''villae'' that were populated in the region. Vila Cardílio, a Luso-Roman settlement was occupied in the first or second century A.D. In it, archaeologists discovered coloured mosaics, coins, sculptures and Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the greatest French writers of all time. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (1831) and ''Les Misérables'' (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as (''The Contemplations'') and (''The Legend of the Ages''). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romanticism, Romantic literary movement with his play ''Cromwell (play), Cromwell'' and drama ''Hernani (drama), Hernani''. Many of his works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera ''Rigoletto'' and the musicals ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérables'' and ''Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), Notre-Dame de Paris''. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Portuguese Actresses
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Torres Novas
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Portuguese Stage Actresses
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Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,800 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021) in an area of ,Demographia: World Urban Areas March 2010 making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diário De Notícias
''Diário de Notícias'' () is a Portuguese daily newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal. Established since 1864, the paper is considered a newspaper of record for Portugal. History and profile ''Diário de Notícias'' was first published in Lisbon on 29 December 1864 by Tomás Quintino Antunes and Eduardo Coelho. At its early phase the paper had no explicit political stance and financially relied on the advertisements. Its headquarters is in Lisbon. During the 1880s the novelist Eça de Queiroz, then stationed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in the Portuguese diplomatic service, contributed occasional "London letters" to the newspaper. Some of these were afterwards published in a book entitled ''Cartas de Inglaterra''. Before the Carnation Revolution ''Diário de Notícias'' belonged to the Empresa Nacional de Publicidade, a propaganda arm of the dictatorship. Following the Carnation Revolution, the paper remained nationalized until the early 1990s. Then the paper and '' Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Nacional De São Carlos
The ''Teatro Nacional de São Carlos'' () (''National Theatre of Saint Charles'') is an opera house in Lisbon, Portugal. It was opened on June 30, 1793 by Queen Maria I as a replacement for the Tejo Opera House, which was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. The theatre is located in the historical center of Lisbon, in the Chiado district. History In 1792, a group of Lisbon businessmen decided to finance the construction of a new Opera House in the city. The theatre was built in only six months following a design by Portuguese architect José da Costa e Silva, with neoclassical and rococo elements. The general project is clearly inspired by great Italian theatres like the San Carlo of Naples (interior) and La Scala in Milan (interior and façade). In the early 19th century, when the Portuguese Royal Court had to flee to the Portuguese colony of Brazil to escape the invading Napoleonic troops, a theatre modelled on the São Carlos was built in Rio de Janeiro. The theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquim De Almeida
Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (born 15 March 1957) is a Portuguese actor. Almeida began his acting career in theatre during the 1980s, he started his film career appearing on the 1982 action film '' The Soldier'', and later achieved recognition for playing Andrea Bonanno in the 1987 Italian film ''Good Morning, Babylon''. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Félix Cortez in the 1994 thriller ''Clear and Present Danger'' and Bucho in the 1995 action thriller ''Desperado''. Several years later, he became popular for playing Ramon Salazar on the Fox thriller drama series '' 24'', between 2003 and 2004, and Hernan Reyes in the 2011 film ''Fast Five''. Fluent in several languages, Almeida has worked in several countries in Europe and the Americas, in many film and stage productions, winning some international awards in films like ''Retrato de Família'', ''Adão e Eva'' and ''O Xangô de Baker Street''. His other well-known films include ''The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Damasceno
''Rosa Damasceno'' (18451904) was a 19th-century Portuguese actor. Early life Rosa Angélica Damasceno Rosado Brazão, was born on 23 February 1845 in the parish of São Pedro da Cova in the north of Portugal. She was the daughter of Francisco de Paula Damasceno Rosado, a military man from Porto and his second wife, Maria da Conceição de Macedo, who had been born in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. After her father's early death, she went with her mother to the southerly Alentejo region, where she joined a travelling company as an actress. Together with this company she performed at several provincial theatres, until Marcolino Pinto Ribeiro, a former actor at the D. Maria II National Theatre, seeing her perform, advised her and her mother to go to Lisbon. Acting career Her presence in Lisbon reached the ears of businessman, Francisco Palha, who was soon to open the new ''Teatro da Trindade''. She made her professional debut on the first night of the ''Trindade'', 30 Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Brazão
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Emília Cândida
Emília Cândida (18231908) was a popular 19th century Portuguese actress. Early life Emília Cândida Madeira was born in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on 18 May 1823, the daughter of poor farmers. Her name was given to her in honour of her baptismal godmother. She first danced on the stage at the ''Teatro Nacional de São Carlos'' in Lisbon, while her debut as an actor was in the city of Beja as part of a company organized by her cousin, the actor António Augusto Xavier de Macedo. Soon making a name for herself, she returned to Lisbon, where she made her acting debut in the capital in November 1845 in a primitive circus shed that was the forerunner of the '' Teatro do Ginásio''. Later, she became part of the ''Teatro do Ginásio'' company and took part in the official opening of that theatre on 16 May 1846, under the direction of the French director, in a cast including the famous Portuguese actor, Actor Taborda. Soon after the opening the theatre was forced to close bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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