Riccardo Drigo

Person · Open Library

Born

1846

Died

1930

Works

4

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Italy

Active from

1846-06-30

Active to

1930-10-01

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

6,683

Total plays

26,052

Riccardo Eugenio Drigo (ru. Риккардо Эудженьо Дриго), a.k.a. Richard Drigo (30 June 1846, Padua, Italy — 1 October 1930, Padua, Italy) was an Italian composer of ballet and Italian Opera, and a theatrical conductor and virtuoso pianist. Drigo is most noted for his long career as kapellmeister to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, and as Director of Music to the renowned Imperial Ballet, where he composed music for the original works and revivals of the great choreographer Marius Petipa. <a h

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Russian Empire

Place of birth

Padua

Place of death

Padua

Occupation

pianist

Educated at

Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia

Notable work

La Perle

Genre

ballet

Image

RiccardoDrigo.jpg

Work location

Russia

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