Ludovico Riccoboni

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Watteau : Italian actors around 1720. Another picture of him L'amour au théâtre italien (also: The Italian Comedy ) is controversial as to whether it is Ludovico Riccoboni's troupe and their premiere in Paris in 1716.

Ludovico Riccoboni (* 1674 in Modena / Northern Italy; † 5th (or 6th according to BnF ) December 1753 in Paris ) was an Italian actor, drama poet, director, historian and theorist who wanted to renew the Italian theater. His stage appearance was Lélio . In 1716 he went to Paris and directed the Comédie-Italienne for the Duke of Orléans . In France he called himself Louis Riccoboni .

Life

Théâtre de l'hôtel de Bourgogne, 29 Rue Etienne Marcel, Paris

Ludovico Riccoboni's father was the actor Antonio Riccoboni , who appeared in London in 1679 in the role of Pantalone . L. Riccoboni's main professional location was the Théâtre de l'hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.

Before that, L. Riccoboni was theater director in Italy from 1699 to 1716, where he translated several French plays into Italian, including plays by Molière (1622–1673) and Jean Racine (1639–1699). At the request of the Duke of Orléans, Philippe II (1774-1723), he came to Paris as head of a comedian troupe, around the 16th century stage of the ducal residence ( Hôtel de Bourgogne ) , which had been orphaned since 1697, as an Italian theater venue to animate. Since the no longer used venue for performances had become unusable, the not far away Théâtre du Palais-Royal ("Opera") served as an alternative accommodation for a few months on its non-play days before the Théâtre de l'hôtel de Bourgogne was occupied.

The troupe gave their debut in Paris in May 1716 with L'Heureuse Surprise ( L'Inganno fortunato , The successful surprise). A contemporary speaks of a great success, his handwritten description of the premiere evening has been preserved. The troupe carried the title "Comédians Italiens de duc d'Orleans, Régent". From 1721 the motto Io rinasco could be read on her theater curtain . During this time, the painter Antoine Watteau liked to paint pictures from the theater environment. The question of the extent to which one of his pictures depicts Riccoboni's comedians is pursued in the catalog of the exhibition 1984/1985 on the 300th birthday of the painter Watteau 1684–1721 .

Riccoboni published two volumes of youth dramas and dramatic pieces, called canvas , in Paris in 1718 , several of which later appeared in Lessing's Theatrical Library . From 1729 to 1731 Riccoboni went back to Italy, where he was steward of the Duke of Parma . In 1733 he returned to Paris and devoted himself increasingly to his writings.

As an actor, Riccoboni became known in Modena and Paris in the role of the lover Lélio of the Commedia dell'arte . He celebrated great success in Paris with the depiction of character roles in plays by Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763). In Paris he also created pieces in French.

From his second marriage to Elena Balletti (1686-1771) - her stage name was Flaminia - came his son Antonio Francesco Riccoboni (also Antoine François Riccoboni) (1707-15 May 1772), who acted with his father as an actor and in 1750 in Paris L'Art du Théàtre wrote, with which he continued his father's efforts to renew the theater and brought it to success.

Works

Selection from Meyer's large conversation lexicon

  • Youth dramas: Nouveau théàtre italiens , Paris 1718, 2 volumes. Translations of French plays by Molière and Racine into Italian
  • Canvas , dramatic Italian and French plays for the theater. Partly published in Lessing's " Theatrical Library "
  • Histoire du théâtre italiens , two volumes, Paris 1728–1731
  • Didactic poem Dell'arte rappresentativa , Paris 1728
  • Pensées sur la declamation , Paris 1738
  • De la Réformation du Théâtre , Paris 1743 and 1767

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog Watteau 1684–1721 1985, picture and text p. 419–421, text p. 491–496.
  2. ↑ Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Pierre Rosenberg (ed.): Watteau 1684–1721 , [exhibition and catalog] Charlottenburg Palace Berlin, 1985, p. 494.
  3. ^ Catalog Watteau 1684–1721 Berlin 1985, image: p. 419, text in particular p. 494.
  4. ↑ See Meyer's large conversation lexicon.
  5. ^ L'Enciclopedia Treccani Italiana
  6. ↑ Riccoboni, Francois: Die Schauspielkunst , in the translation Gotthold Ephraim Lessing . Henschel, Berlin 1954 ( L'Art du Theater ).

See also

Antonio Francesco Riccoboni (son)

personal data
SURNAME Riccoboni, Ludovico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riccoboni, François; Riccoboni, Louis; Riccoboni, Luigi; Lélio (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1674
PLACE OF BIRTH Modena , Northern Italy
DATE OF DEATH around December 5, 1753
Place of death Paris