Riccardo Drigo

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Riccardo Drigo was an Italian composer and conductor best known for his influential work on the music of 19th-century Russian ballet.

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instanceOf ballet composer
composer
conductor
human
collaboratedWith Alexander Gorsky NERFINISHED
Lev Ivanov NERFINISHED
Marius Petipa NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Italy
employer Imperial Theatres of St. Petersburg NERFINISHED
Mariinsky Theatre NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork ballet
orchestral music
genre ballet music
classical music
hasRole ballet conductor
orchestrator of ballet scores
influenced development of 19th-century Russian ballet music
influencedBy Italian opera tradition
Russian ballet tradition
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
Russian
movement Romantic music
notableFor composing original ballets for the Imperial Ballet
conducting premieres of important Russian ballets
revising and orchestrating scores of earlier ballets
notableWork ballet divertissements for "Swan Lake" (1895 revival)
music for the ballet "La Forêt enchantée"
music for the ballet "Le Talisman"
music for the ballet "Les Millions d’Arlequin" (Harlequinade)
music for the ballet "The Enchanted Forest"
music for the ballet "The Magic Flute" (La Flûte magique)
music for the ballet "The Pearl" (La Perle)
revisions and additional numbers for "La Bayadère"
revisions and additional numbers for "Raymonda"
revisions and additional numbers for "The Sleeping Beauty"
various pas de deux and variations for classical ballets
occupation composer
conductor
music director
partOf tradition of Italian musicians working in Russia
positionHeld Kapellmeister of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg
director of music of the Imperial Ballet
principal conductor of ballet performances at the Mariinsky Theatre
workedIn Russian Empire NERFINISHED
Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED

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Marius Petipa collaboratedWith Riccardo Drigo
Ivan Vsevolozhsky collaboratedWith Riccardo Drigo