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Collodi, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Collodi, Carlo lōrāntsēˈnē [key], 1826–90, Italian author. A prolific journalist, he also wrote didactic tales for children, the most famous of which is Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. First ...Goldoni, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Goldoni, Carlo kärˈlō gōldôˈnē [key], 1707–93, Italian dramatist. He was enamored of comedy from childhood, having sketched his first comic drama at eight. He took a degree in law at Padua bu...Gesualdo, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Gesualdo, Carlo kärˈlō jāzo͞oälˈdō [key], Prince of Venosa, c.1560–1613, Italian composer. Gesualdo's first musical work was published in 1585. His complex later madrigals, contained in the ...Monte Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Monte Carlo môNtāˈ kärlōˈ [key], town (1982 pop. 13,150), principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera. It is a tourist center noted for its world-famous gambling casi...Levi, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Levi, Carlo kärˈlō lāˈvē [key], 1902–75, Italian writer and painter, noted as an anti-Fascist leader. After taking a medical degree, Levi devoted himself to painting, gaining international acc...Maratti, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Maratti or Maratta, Carlo kärˈlō märätˈtē, –tä [key], 1625–1713, Italian high baroque painter and engraver of the Roman school. He restored Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican and was appoin...Lorenzini, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Lorenzini, Carlo: see Collodi, Carlo. ...Broschi, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Broschi, Carlo: see Farinelli, Carlo Broschi. ...Bergonzi, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Bergonzi, Carlo, 1924–2014, Italian opera singer. He began his career as a baritone, debuting in 1948, but he made a second debut as a tenor in 1951 after realizing his voice was better suited to th...Rubbia, Carlo
(Encyclopedia)Rubbia, Carlo, 1934–, Italian physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Pisa, 1957. A professor of physics at the Univ. of Rome and later at Harvard, Rubbia did his most important work with Simon van der Meer at CE...Browse by Subject
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