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Silvia Balletti
Zanetta Rosa Benozzi Balletti (27 June 1701, in Toulouse – 16 September 1758), known under her stage name Silvia Balletti, was an Italian actress. She was active at the ''Troupe de Regente'' of Luigi Riccoboni at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris 1716–1758. She was the star of the Comédie-Italienne, Italian theatre in Paris and regarded as a superior interpreter of the plays by Pierre de Marivaux. She mainly played the part of heroine in Commedia dell'arte, ''Silvia''. Casanova belonged to her admirers. Life Silvia Balletti was born to the Italian actors Giuseppe Tortoriti (Pascariello), Antonio Benozzi and Clara Mascara, who belonged to a Venetian theatre company active in Toulouse since the banishment of the Comédie Italienne from Paris in 1697. In 1716, she belonged to the first actors engaged when the Comedie Italienne was reestablished in Paris. Her career up to that point is not known, but it is presumed that she must have had experience, since she would not otherwise ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalia By Jean-Marc Nattier
Thalia, Thalía, Thaleia or Thalian may refer to: People * Thalia (given name), including a list of people with the name Mythological and fictional characters * Thalia (Grace), one of the three Graces (Charities) * Thalia (Muse), the muse of comedy and idyllic poetry * Thalia (Nereid), one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris * Thalia (nymph), daughter of Hephaestus, and minor goddess of vegetation * Thalia Menninger, a fictional character from the TV series ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' * Thalia Grace, in mythology novels by Rick Riordan Places * Thalia, Victoria, Australia * Thalia, Texas, U.S. * Thalia, Virginia, U.S. Arts and entertainment * Thalia Awards, issued by the Czech Actors' Association * Thalia (German magazine), ''Thalia'' (German magazine), a former German magazine * Thalia (Swedish magazine), ''Thalia'' (Swedish magazine), avant-garde theatre, music and literary magazine * ''Thalia'', a book by Arius in the 1st century AD *''The Muse Thalia'', a pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules De Goncourt
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt (; 17 December 183020 June 1870) was a French writer, who published books together with his brother Edmond. Jules was born and died in Paris. His death at the age of 39 was at Auteuil of a stroke brought on by syphilis. The Prix Goncourt is awarded annually in his honor. Biography Background Jules de Goncourt was born in Paris, the fourth child of a former cavalry officer and squadron leader in the Grande Armée of Napoléon I, Marc-Pierre Huot de Goncourt, and his wife Annette-Cécile de Goncourt (née Guérin). Between Jules and his older brother Edmond were born two sisters who died at young ages, Nephtalie (1824–1825) and Émilie (1829–1832). Jules' paternal grandfather, Huot de Goncourt, sat as a deputy in the National Assembly of 1789. At the Lycée Condorcet, which he attended from 1842 to 1848, he was a strong student, obtaining two ''accessits'' in Greek and Latin in the Concours général. Both parents died while their sons were sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (; ; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer who was born in the Republic of Venice and travelled extensively throughout Europe. He is chiefly remembered for his autobiography, written in French and published posthumously as ("The Story of My Life"). That work has come to be regarded as a unique and provocative source of information on the customs and norms of European social life in the 18th century. Born to a family of actors, Casanova studied law at the University of Padua and received minor orders in the Catholic Church with a view towards pursuing a career as a canon lawyer. However, he had no enthusiasm for the law or vocation for the church, and he soon abandoned those plans and launched instead upon an itinerant life as a gambler, violinist, confidence trickster, and man of letters. Throughout his life, Casanova obtained money and other advantages from various aristocratic patrons by pretending to possess alchemical, cab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Samaran
Charles Samaran (28 October 1879 – 15 October 1982) was a 20th-century French historian and archivist, who was born in Cravencères (in the Gers) and died at Nogaro (also in the Gers), shortly before his 103rd birthday. Biography Having graduated as an archivist-palaeographer in 1901 with a thesis devoted to the House of Armagnac then working as a member of the École française de Rome (1901–1903), Charles Samaran became an archivist at the Archives nationales. In 1908 he published ''Les diplômes originaux des Mérovingiens'', "an extraordinary achievement by a young palaeographer who would remain until his old age an infallible decipherer of difficult texts", a collection which played a key role in the study of Merovingian scriptures. Critical literary studies and editions of texts from all periods (dispatches from Milanese ambassadors under Louis XI, Casanova's memoirs) followed, which would continue throughout his teaching (John Chartier, Thomas Basin, ''The Song of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fratelli Treves
Fratelli Treves was an Italian publishing house based in Milan. Founded in 1861 by Emilio Treves from Trieste, it was active under its own name until 1939. History The publishing house was born on 1 January 1861 with the name of the founder: Emilio Treves. Unlike many other publishers, he did not devote himself to feuilletons, but published literary works of the scapigliatura, suitable for an educated public, by authors such as Iginio Ugo Tarchetti and Antonio Ghislanzoni. From 1867 he also began to print on his own, taking over an already established typography. In 1868 he published in the series ''Biblioteca utile'' (nº 84), one of the first works by Edmondo De Amicis, ''La vita militare'', printed by Pietro Agnelli's typography; the writer established a lasting professional collaboration with the publishing house. In 1870 Emilio associated his younger brother Giuseppe (1838-1904) with the management. He entrusted to him all the administrative and commercial aspects. In 1872 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldo Ravà , a town in Argentina
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Aldo may refer to: * Aldo (given name), male given name ** Aldo (footballer, born 1957) ** Aldo (footballer, born 1977) ** Aldo (footballer, born 1988) * Aldo Group, a worldwide chain of shoe stores * Aldosterone in shorthand * Aldo Bonzi Aldo Bonzi is a town in La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. The town owes its name to Turin-born businessman Dr. Aldo Bonzi (1852–1935), who arrived in Argentina i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Pascal
Camille Pascal is a French writer and senior civil servant. After having held the position of secretary general and director of communication of the France Télévisions group, he was adviser to President Nicolas Sarkozy between 2011 and 2012. He is the winner of the 2018 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. He has served on the Council of State since 2012. Awards and honors Decorations * Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite (2007) * Chevalier de l'ordre des Palmes académiques (2003) * Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2019) * Commandeur de l'ordre de Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand (2008) * Chevalier grand-officier catégorie de mérite, de l' ordre sacré et militaire constantinien de Saint-Georges (2016) * Officier de l' ordre ''pro Merito Melitensi'' (2012) Prizes * Prix du Cercle des amis de Montesquieu, for ''Le Goût du Roi'' (2008). * Prix du livre incorrect, for ''Ainsi dieu choisit la France'' (2017). * Grand prix du roman de l'Acad� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Parfaict
Claude Parfaict, (Paris, c.1701 – 26 June 1777) was a French theatre historian. Career François Parfaict's younger brother, Claude, had the same passion for the theatre as his brother. Claude's most notable works were collaborations with François, including the ''Histoire du théâtre françois depuis son origine jusqu’à présent'' (15 volumes, 1734–1749) and the ''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris'' (7 volumes, 1756).''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris'(1756)an1767editions at Hathitrust. He also undertook on his own a ''Dramaturgie générale, ou Dictionnaire dramatique universel'', a project that he did not implement. Through protection by Madame de Pompadour, Claude Parfaict obtained a twelve-hundred-livres pension from which he benefited until his death. The , who had the ''Lettre au public, sur la mort de MM. de Crébillon (fils), Gresset, et Parfaict'' printed in 1777, later added an essay against the actors, entitled ''Il est temps de parler'', and said i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Parfaict
François Parfaict, (10 May 1698 in Paris – 25 October 1753) was an 18th-century French theatre historian. His brother was Claude Parfaict (1701–1777), also a theatre historian. Their most notable works were collaborations, including ''Histoire du théâtre françois depuis son origine jusqu’à présent'' (15 volumes, 1734-1749) and ''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris'' (7 volumes, 1756).''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris''1756an1767editions at Hathitrust. Works * ''Le Dénouement imprévu'', comedy, with Marivaux, 1724, in-12 * ''La Fausse suivante ou le Fourbe puni'', comedy, 1724, in-12 * ''Le Quart-d’heure amusant'', January–May 1727, in-12 * ''Étrennes calotines, par le sieur Perd-la-raison'', 1729 * ''Notes'' de l’édition des ''Bains des Thermopyles par Mlle Scudéry'', 1730, in-12 * ''Aurore et Phœbus'', 1734, in-12 * ''Agenda historique et chronologique des théâtres de Paris pour l’année 1735'', in-24 * ''Histoire générale du Théâtre fran� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneviève Dubois-Kervran
Genevieve (; ; also called ''Genovefa'' and ''Genofeva''; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the two patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is on 3 January. Recognized for her religious devotion at a young age, she met Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes when she was a child and dedicated herself to a virginal life. Miracles and healings began to happen around her early on and she became known for changing the weather. She moved from Nanterre, her hometown, to Paris, after her parents died and became known for her piety, healings, and miracles, although the residents of Paris resented her and would have killed her if not for Germanus' interventions. Her prayers saved Paris from being destroyed by the Huns under Attila in 451 and other wars; her organisation of the city's women was called a "prayer marathon" and Genevieve's "most famous feat". She was involved in two major construction projects i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Simon Favart
Charles Simon Favart (; 13 November 1710 – 12 May 1792) was a French playwright and theatre director. The Salle Favart in Paris is named after him. Biography Born in Paris, the son of a pastry-cook, he was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and after his father's death he carried on the business for a time. His first success in literature was ''La France delivrée par la Pucelle d'Orléans'', a poem about Joan of Arc which obtained a prize of the Académie des Jeux Floraux. After the production of his first ''vaudeville'', ''Les Deux Jumelles'' (1734), circumstances enabled him to relinquish business and devote himself entirely to the drama. He provided many pieces anonymously for the lesser theatres, and first put his name to ''La Chercheuse d'esprit'', which was produced in 1741. Among his most successful works were ''Annette et Lubin; Le Coq du milage'' (1743); ''Les Vendanges de Tempé'' (1745), later reworked as ''La Vallée de Montmorency'' (1752); ''Ninette à la cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desboulmiers
Jean-Auguste Jullien, called Desboulmiers, 1731, Paris – 1771, Paris, was an 18th-century French man of letters, historian of theatre and playwright. Works *1761: ''Les Soirées du Palais-Royal, ou les Veillées d'une jolie femme, contenant quatre Lettres à une amie, avec la conversation des chaises du Palais-Royal'' *1761: ''Honny soit qui mal y pense, ou Histoires des filles célèbres du XVIIIe'', *1770: ''Rose, ou les Effets de la haine, de l'amour et de l'amitié''. Reprinted under the title ''L'Éducation de l'amour''. *1766–1767: ''Mémoires du marquis de Solanges'', 2 vol., *1767: ''Pensées philosophiques, morales, critiques, littéraires et politiques de M. Hume''. *1767: ''L'Esprit et la chose''. Also attributed to Jean-Henri Marchand. *1768: ''De tout un peu, ou les Amusements de la campagne''. *1769 ''Histoire anecdotique et raisonnée du Théâtre-Italien, depuis son rétablissement en France, jusqu'à l'année 1769, contenant les analyses des principales pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
