Pedrolino is a primo ("first") Zanni, or comic servant, of the commedia dell'arte; the name is a hypocorism of Pedro (Peter), via the suffix -lino. The...
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diminutive of Pierre (Peter), via the suffix -ot and derives from the Italian Pedrolino. His character in contemporary popular culture—in poetry, fiction, and...
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commedia dell'arte. She is the wife of Pantalone and the mistress of Pedrolino. She is tough, beautiful and calculating, and wears very wide dresses...
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speak the Bergamasque dialect (usually approximate), the other two being Pedrolino and Arlecchino. As a rustic dialect, it signaled the character's low social...
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Arlecchino (also known as Harlequin), Brighella, Scapino, Pulcinella and Pedrolino Vecchi: wealthy old men, masters; characters such as Pantalone and Il...
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matching collar. He painted his face white instead of wearing a mask. Pedrolino's costume was essentially like Pierrot's – white, big buttons, short hat...
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Zaccagnino. Character dating to the 15th century. Bagatino. A juggler. Pedrolino or Pierotto. A servant or valet clad in mostly white, created by Giovanni...
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characters from the commedia dell'arte (Dottore, Pantalone, Colombina and Pedrolino) open the opera with a quartet. There is no more music, so the Dottore...
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film, Luca Gianduja Romeo Montague Salvo Montalbano Mercutio Pantalone Pedrolino Ray Barone Tony Soprano Pierrot Pinocchio Pulcinella Scaramouche Topo...
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Mescolino and Mezzettino, Scaramuccia (aka Scaramouche), Pulcinella, Pedrolino, Giangurgolo, Tartaglia, Trappolino, and Burratino. The earliest literary...
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wore heavy makeup around her eyes that drew spectators' focus there. Pedrolino did not wear a mask; instead, he had a floured face. He was the first...
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The next automaton challengers are the acrobat brothers, Orazio and Pedrolino, who are met by Fatima and Ming-Xia who is given drops of blood by Lucille...
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Dialoghi curiosi Vanto ridicoloso del Trematerra La gran vittoria di Pedrolino contra il Dottor Gratiano Scatolone La canzone di Catarinon Vocabulario...
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man Captain Cardon Lovers - Isabella, Lucio, Lelio, Nisa The Zanni - Pedrolino, Zanni, Francatrippa, Frulla Act 1 Scene 1. Pantalone is smitten by the...
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Merde!") are always provocatively profane. If his Italian predecessor, Pedrolino, "often shares the ether with Ariel", as Storey writes, he himself "tumbles...
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bill of operas inspired by commedia dell'arte, Isabella's Fortune and Pedrolino's Revenge (performed off-Broadway in 1974), and a musical fairy tale for...
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Deirdre Clancy 1990–91 The Jewel Box (world premiere) Mozart Barry Banks (Pedrolino), Mary Hegarty (Columbina), Pamela Helen Stephen (Composer), Jennifer...
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