Speranza is the Italian word for ''

hope Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...

''. It could refer to one of several things:

People

Alessandro Speranza Alessandro Speranza (1728 - 17 November 1797) was an Italian composer. His opera ''I due Figaro'' was very popular during his lifetime and enjoyed revivals in Italy after his death well into the 19th century; including at La Scala La Scala ( ...

, an Italian composer * Giovanni Speranza, an Italian soccer player *

Guy Speranza Guy Speranza (March 12, 1956 – November 8, 2003) was an American singer best known as New York City-based metal band Riot's original frontman from 1975 to 1981. He played at the first Monsters of Rock festival in 1980 and sang on their first t ...

, a US singer with the band Riot * M. Grazia Speranza, Italian applied mathematician and operations researcher *

Norma Jean Speranza Jill Corey (born Norma Jean Speranza; September 30, 1935 – April 3, 2021) was an American Traditional pop music, popular standards singer. She was discovered and signed on one day when she was 17. She went on to have her own radio shows and to ...

, the birth name of US pop singer Jill Corey * Sandro Finocchio Speranza, the birth name of Sandro Finoglio, a Venezuelan TV show host * A pseudonym used by the Irish poet Jane Wilde

Films

* ''

Il viale della speranza ''Il viale della speranza'' (English: ''The street of hope'') is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Dino Risi. It grossed over 100 million lire at the Italian box office. Cast *Cosetta Greco as Luisa Guglielmi *Liliana Bonfatti as Giuditta ...

'', a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Dino Risi * ''

La grande speranza ''La Grande Speranza'' (''The Big Hope''), retitled ''Submarine Attack'' and ''Torpedo Zone'' in English, is a 1954 Italian anti-war film starring Lois Maxwell, Renato Baldini and Earl Cameron. It won the Special Prize of the Senate of Berlin, ...

'', a 1954 anti-war film * ''

Due soldi di speranza ''Two Cents Worth of Hope'' ( it, Due soldi di speranza) is a 1952 film directed by Renato Castellani. It is the third part of Castellani's ''Young Love'' trilogy, following '' Sotto il sole di Roma'' (1948) and '' È primavera...''(1950). It sh ...

'', a 1952 film directed by Renato Castellani * '' Il Cammino della speranza'', a 1950 Italian language drama film directed by Pietro Germi

Other

* ''Speranza'' (moth), a genus of geometrid moths * Speranza (festival), an annual youth festival of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi *

Speranza Motors Speranza Motors, Ltd is an Egyptian auto manufacturer based in Maadi, Cairo.Speranza Park Speranza Park is a former baseball ground located in Toledo, Ohio, United States. The ground was home to the Toledo Maumees of the American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league ...

, the former home of the Toledo Maumees baseball team * Icaria Speranza, a colony of the Icarians utopian movement * A character in Edmund Spenser's ''

The Faerie Queene ''The Faerie Queene'' is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books IIII were first published in 1590, then republished in 1596 together with books IVVI. ''The Faerie Queene'' is notable for its form: at over 36,000 lines and over 4,000 st ...

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