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, whom she married in 1769. She was the leading lady of the Venetian stage. One of her best known parts was the main role of ''

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. Between 1777 and 1782, she was engaged at the Théâtre Italien in Paris. In 1775, she was involved in the Gratarolo affair regarding secretary of state Antonio Gratarolo. In 1772, Gratarolo had defeated

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's candidate for the post of ambassador to Savoy. Upon his return to Venice in 1775, he had an affair with Teodora, which made him a rival of Dolfin's friend Gozzi, who wrote a libelous play about Gratarolo: this caricature was answered with another, which caricatured Dolfin and her circle and blackened her name and reputation publicly.

References

Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 40 (1991)
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