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Gaetano Ricciolini (27 August 1778, Florence – 9 October 1845, Rio de Janeiro) was an Italian bass-baritone and a choreographer who helped introduce opera and dance in South America. Ricciolini started his operatic career in Florence in the late 18th century.〔Angelis, Marcello de. "Melodrama, spettacolo e musica nella Firenze dei Lorena" (Milano: Giunta Regionale Toscana & Editrice Bibliografica, 1991)〕 He moved to Portugal in 1805 as a soloist of the São Carlos National Theater, in Lisbon.〔Moreau, Mario. "O Teatro de S. Carlos : dois séculos de história" (Lisboa: Hugin Editores, 1999)〕 There he met his wife, the Spanish-Portuguese soprano Isabel Rubio Ricciolini.〔http://sites.google.com/site/augustopestana1971/ricciolini-trindade〕 Gaetano and Isabel Ricciolini settled in Rio de Janeiro in 1817 as members of the Italian opera company of the São João Royal Theater, where they performed the Brazilian premières of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's “Don Giovanni” and Gioacchino Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia”.〔Mariz, Vasco. A Música no RIo de Janeiro no tempo de D. João VI (Rio de Janeiro: Casa da Palavra, 2008)〕 After a fire destroyed the São João Theatre in 1824, Ricciolini moved to Buenos Aires and introduced opera and ballet in Argentina.〔Sala, Juan Andrés. "Actividad musical en Buenos Aires antes del actual Teatro Colón" (Buenos Aires: Cinetea, 1985)〕 Back to Brazil in 1830, Ricciolini died as a music and dance teacher in Rio de Janeiro.〔http://sites.google.com/site/augustopestana1971/ricciolini-trindade〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gaetano Ricciolini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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