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Riccardo Drigo (Composer)

Born: 30th June 1846, Padua, Italy

Died: 1st October 1930, Padua, Italy

Nationality: Italian

Riccardo Eugenio Drigo (ru. Риккардо Эудженьо Дриго) was an Italian composer of ballet music and Italian opera, a theatrical conductor, and a pianist.

Drigo is most noted for his long career as kapellmeister and Director of Music of the Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg, Russia, for which he composed music for the original works and revivals of the choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Drigo also served as Chef d'orchestre for Italian opera performances of the orchestra of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre. During his career in Saint Petersburg, Drigo conducted the premieres and regular performances of nearly every ballet and Italian opera performed on the Tsarist stage.

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