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Curci
Curci is an Italian surname that may refer to *Amelita Galli-Curci (1882–1963), Italian soprano **Amelita Galli-Curci Estate in New York, U.S. **Galli-Curci Theatre in New York, U.S. * Carlo Curci (1846-after 1916), Italian painter *Carlo Maria Curci (1810–1891), Italian theologian *Fran Curci (born 1938), American football player and coach *Freddy Curci (born 1962), Canadian rock vocalist and songwriter *Gianluca Curci Gianluca Curci (; born 12 July 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, most recently for Hammarby IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan. Curci has previously played for Roma, Siena, Sampdoria, Bologna, 1. FSV Mainz 0 ... (born 1985), Italian football goalkeeper * Ofelia Giudicissi Curci (1934–1981), Italian poet and archeologist {{surname Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelita Galli-Curci
Amelita Galli-Curci (18 November 1882 – 26 November 1963) was an Italian coloratura soprano. She was one of the most popular operatic singers of the 20th century, with her recordings selling in large numbers. Early life She was born as Amelita Galli into an upper-middle-class Italian family of Spanish heritage in Milan, where she studied piano at the Milan Conservatory, winning a gold medal for piano performance, and at the age of 16 was offered a professorship. She was inspired to sing by her grandmother. Operatic composer Pietro Mascagni also encouraged Galli-Curci's singing ambitions. By her own choice, Galli-Curci's voice was largely self-trained at the beginning of her career. She honed her technique by listening to other sopranos, reading old singing-method books, and doing piano exercises with her voice instead of using a keyboard. She later studied regularly with Estelle Liebling for more than a decade in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Career Galli-Curci mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluca Curci
Gianluca Curci (; born 12 July 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, most recently for Hammarby IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan. Curci has previously played for Roma, Siena, Sampdoria, Bologna, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and AFC Eskilstuna. Club career Roma Born in Rome, Curci is a product of the A.S. Roma youth academy. At only 19, he became the club's first choice goalkeeper for the second half of the 2004–05 season after injuries to fellow goalkeepers Ivan Pelizzoli and Carlo Zotti. He was replaced in the 2005–06 season by new Brazilian keeper Doni. Curci signed a new four-year contract on 16 July 2007. Siena On 25 June 2008, Siena confirmed they signed Curci in a co-ownership deal from Roma for €1.75 million and signed the remaining 50% rights of Daniele Galloppa for another €1.75M. In exchange, Roma signed keeper Artur for €750,000 and defender Simone Loria for €2.8M. Curci impressed in all his matches, notably his last two Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Curci
Federico "Freddy" Curci (born October 30, 1962) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was lead vocalist for the rock band Sheriff and later founded and became frontman for the band Alias, a position he retains to this day. Curci provided lead vocals on the Sheriff song " When I'm with You", which reached the number one spot in 1989, and the Alias power ballad " More Than Words Can Say", which reached the number two spot in 1990 on the ''Billboard'' charts. BMI presented Curci with the Million-airs award for "More Than Words Can Say". According to BMI's website, only 1,500 songs have achieved Million-air status (one million air plays) among the 4.5 million songs by 300,000 BMI represented artists. One million performances is the equivalent of approximately 50,000 broadcast hours, or more than 5.7 years of continuous airplay. In January 2009, Alias announced the release of their long delayed second album, '' Never Say Never'', which was recorded in 1992 but not released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Curci
Fran Curci (born June 11, 1938) is a former American football player and coach. He was an All-American quarterback at the University of Miami in 1959. He served as head coach at the University of Tampa from 1968 to 1970, the University of Miami from 1971 to 1972 and the University of Kentucky from 1973 to 1981, compiling a career college football coaching record of 81–70–2. Coaching career Curci led the University of Tampa Spartans to a 25–6 record in three seasons (1968–1970). After his team defeated the Miami Hurricanes at the Orange Bowl in 1970, and Tampa finished that season 10–1, he was hired by the University of Miami. Curci's record at Miami was 9–13. He was head coach at Miami during the infamous ''Florida Flop'' in 1971 when the Florida Gators defense allowed Miami to score a touchdown late in the fourth quarter by dropping to the ground mid-play. The defense wanted quarterback John Reaves to get the ball back and set an NCAA career passing record. Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galli-Curci Theatre
The Galli-Curci Theatre is located on Main Street ( state highway NY 30) in Margaretville, New York, United States. It is a brick building erected in the 1920s, now primarily used as a store, although some of the original theater remains. It was named after opera singer Amelita Galli-Curci, who summered at her historic country estate near Margaretville from 1922-1937 and sang at its opening night. It was built by local entrepreneur Clarke Sanford to house two pioneering businesses in the region, a car dealership and silent movie theater and offices of the ''Catskill Mountain News''. Under later owners, it continued to show movies until 1985. It was modified afterwards for reuse as an antique store, but has remained mostly intact from its period of cinematic use. In 2006 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is currently a mixed-use jewelry store and office space. Building The Galli-Curci Theatre sits on the west side of Main Street just north of its int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Maria Curci
Carlo Maria Curci (1810 in Naples – June 8, 1891 in Florence) was an Italian theologian from Naples. Biography Curci joined the Society of Jesus in 1826, and was devoted to the education and care of the poor and prisoners. Curci became one of the first editors of the Jesuit periodical, '' La Civiltà Cattolica''. He later wrote for Vincenzo Gioberti, Antonio Rosmini-Serbati and other advocates for reform; Cerci wrote a preface to Gioberti's ''Primato'' (1843), but dissented from his ''Prolegomena''. In the 1870s, Curci delivered a course on Christian philosophy in Florence and published several Scriptural works. In his edition of the New Testament, Curci harshly criticized Italian clergy for neglecting to study Scripture. In the meantime, he began to attack the Vatican for its role in politics. In his work "The Modern Conflict between the Church and Italy" (''Il Moderno Dissidio tra la Chiesa e l'Italia'', published in 1878) he called for the separation of church and state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelita Galli-Curci Estate
Amelita Galli-Curci Estate, also known as Sul Monte, is a historic country estate located near Fleischmanns, New York, straddling the boundaries of Delaware County and Ulster County, New York. The architect Harrie T. Lindeberg (1879–1959) designed it as a country home for Italian operatic soprano Amelita Galli-Curci (1882–1963). The estate has seven contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The main house, built in 1922, is large and rambling, two-stories high, with multiple wings that wrap around a central courtyard. The structure is wood-frame construction sitting on a concrete foundation, its walls clad in variegated stone, stucco and wood, and its steeply-pitched roof clad with cedar shingles. Other contributing buildings and structures include the swimming pool, stone gateposts, sheds, caretaker's cottage and dairy barn. Galli-Curci sold the estate in 1937. ''See also:'' It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. See also *Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofelia Giudicissi Curci
Ofelia Giudicissi Curci (1934–1981) was an Italian poet and archeologist. Life She was an Arbëresh from Pallagorio, a settlement near Crotone, in Calabria, southern Italy on 11 May 1934. She published her first poetry in a volume called ''Pallagorio'' (published by Arti Grafiche Pedanesi, Rome) in 1964. Fifteen years after she died (13 September 1981), her husband and sons published a collection of her poetry together with a photo album. In October 1996, ''Momenti di un profilo meridionale'' ("Moments of a southern profile") was published post-mortum in Florence by publishing house "Parretti Grafiche". She worked also in the field of archaeology, mostly on the terrain of her native area, and performed a research on the etymology Etymology () The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Curci
Carlo Curci (Trentola-Ducenta, August 30, 1846 - Trani, after 1916) , Biographies by Franco Pezzella. was an Italian painter, mainly of seascapes. He also was active in painting portraits in a style. Biography Curci exhibited at the Promotrice ''Salvator Rosa'' in Naples between 1873 and 1876. In 1873 he exhibited his ''Effects of the Fog on the Sarno'', ''Un ricordo di Trani'', and ''Sorgere di luna''; in 1874 ''La calma'', ''Il Cervaro'' and ''In the Valley of Bovino''; in 1875 and 1876 he exhibited ''Effe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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