Adriano Valerini (active circa 1560-died 1590s) was an Italian actor of

Commedia dell'arte Commedia dell'arte was an early form of professional theatre, originating from Theatre of Italy, Italian theatre, that was popular throughout Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries. It was formerly called Italian comedy in English and is a ...

, active in Northern Italy. He was born in

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, and could read Latin and Greek. He was the head of a company of actors. In Milan, he fell under the censorship of

Charles Borromeo Charles Borromeo (; ; 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was an Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archdiocese of Milan, Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was made a Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal in 156 ...

. He has published a tragic play ''l'Afrodite'', nearly one hundred

madrigal A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance (15th–16th centuries) and early Baroque (1580–1650) periods, although revisited by some later European composers. The polyphonic madrigal is unaccompanied, and the ...

s, a funeral oration for the fellow comic and possible mistress

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, and the play ''Belleze di Verona''.Belleze di Verona
/ref> He was the father of Diana Ponti. The writer Flaminio Valerini was in his family.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valerini, Adriano Male actors from Verona Italian male stage actors Commedia dell'arte actors 16th-century Italian male actors