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Showing posts with label Gabriele D'Annunzio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gabriele D'Annunzio. Show all posts
18 March 2024

Gian Francesco Malipiero – composer and musicologist

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Musician revived interest in Monteverdi and composed music in the same spirit Malipiero was born into an  aristocratic Venetian family A com...
13 March 2023

Eduardo Scarpetta - actor and playwright

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Much-loved performer began theatrical dynasty Scarpetta's comic plays were hugely popular with Neapolitan audiences Eduardo Scarpetta, o...
27 August 2022

Lina Poletti - writer and feminist

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One of first Italian women to come out as gay Poletti was an intellectual and a feminist campaigner The writer, poet and playwright Lina Pol...
28 November 2019

Laura Antonelli - actress

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Pin-up star of 1970s sex-comedies Laura Antonelli first moved to Rome to be a gymnastics teacher The actress Laura Antonelli, whose ...
31 December 2018

Giovanni Pascoli – poet

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Painful childhood inspired great verse Giovanni Pascoli is considered to be one of Italy's greatest poets Giovanni Placido Agost...
25 July 2018

Alfredo Casella – composer

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Musician credited with reviving popularity of Vivaldi Alfredo Casella was born into a musical family in Turin in 1883 Pianist and co...
9 July 2018

Ottorino Respighi – violinist and composer

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Talented Bolognese brought a Russian flavour to Italian music Ottorino Respighi brought a Russian flavour to 20th century Italian musi...
25 June 2018

Marta Abba - actress

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Aspiring star who became Pirandello’s muse Marta Abba was just 24 when she met the playwright Luigi Pirandello Marta Abba, who as a ...
23 January 2018

Luisa Casati – heiress and muse

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Outrageous marchioness saw herself as a living work of art The Marchesa Casati photographed by Adolfo de Meyer in 1912 The heire...