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| Born | April 27, 1686 |
| Died | December 29, 1771 |
Elena Balletti, Elena Riccoboni or Flaminia (April 27, 1686 – December 29, 1771) was an Italian actress, poet, woman of letters, playwright and writer.[1][2]
Biography
Elena Virginia Balletti was born in Ferrara to a family of actors. Her parents were Francesco and Giovanna Benozzi, with the Francesco Calderoni company. She inherited the role of Flaminia, from her grandmother Agata Calderoni, the role was passed down through the family. She was the second wife of the director of her theatre company, fellow actor Luigi Andrea Riccoboni. They were married in 1706. Their son was actor Antoine-François Riccoboni. Her brother Guiseppi Balletti remained in the company and travelled to France with her.[3][4][5][6][7]
She learned Latin, Greek, Spanish and French and was considered culturally well educated. She was admitted to the Pontifical Academy of Arcadia as a poet. She wrote under the name Mirtinda Parraside. Balletti was also a member of the academies of Ferrara, Bologna and Venice. In Paris, Bellotti was known for her 'salons' and wrote with numerous writers such as Antonio Conti.[5][8][9][10][6][7][11]
Balletti and Riccoboni took their Italian theater company to France where she was the first to play Merope by Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei. Balletti was a renowned actress in Paris known by her character name of Flaminia. She gained recognition as a leading actress in Sofonisba by Giovan Giorgio Trissino, Semiramide by Muzio Manfredi and Iphigénie en Tauride by Pier Jacopo Martello.[12][6][7]
Balletti retired with her husband in 1729 however she returned to the stage April 10, 1731 and stayed working until 1752. Balletti died in Paris in 1771.[8][13][6][7]
Bibliography
- Sonnets by Mirtinda Parasside
References
- ^ Peschke, Michael (2006). "Enciclopedia Internacional de Pseud·ʼnimos: Nombres verdaderos. Parte I". Walter de Gruyter.
- ^ "CERL Thesaurus". data.cerl.org.
- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
- ^ "Riccoboni, Luigi Andrea". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040806.
- ^ a b c Duchartre, Pierre Louis (16 November 2012). "The Italian Comedy". Courier Corporation.
- ^ a b c d "BALLETTI, Elena Virginia in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian).
- ^ a b c d Sand, Maurice (1915). "The history of the harlequinade". Рипол Классик.
- ^ a b Walker, Joseph Cooper (1799). "Historical Memoir On Italian Tragedy, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time: Illustrated With Specimens And Analyses Of the Most Celebrated Tragedies; And Interspersed With Occasional Observations On The Italian Theatres; And Biographical Notices Of The Principal Tragic Writers Of Italy". Harding.
- ^ Scott, Virginia (8 July 2010). "Women on the Stage in Early Modern France: 1540–1750". Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Casanova, Giacomo (22 May 1997). "History of My Life". JHU Press.
- ^ "Elena Riccoboni (1686-1771)". data.bnf.fr.
- ^ Heartz, Daniel (2004). "From Garrick to Gluck: Essays on Opera in the Age of Enlightenment". Pendragon Press.
- ^ "Lettera della signora Elena Balletti Riccoboni".
- ^ "Volume 4 – XVIIIe siècle | Théâtre de femmes de l'Ancien Régime" (in French).
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