COMPOSER

Riccardo Drigo

1846 - 1930

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Riccardo Eugenio Drigo (Russian: Риккардо Эудженьо Дриго, romanized: Rikkardo Eudzheno Drigo; 30 June 1846 – 1 October 1930) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riccardo Drigo has received more than 84,720 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Riccardo Drigo is the 558th most popular composer (up from 560th in 2019), the 2,066th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,999th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular Italian Composer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.23

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  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Riccardo Drigo ranks 558 out of 1,451. Before him are William Walton, Bálint Bakfark, Pierre Henry, Henri Duparc, Stevan Mokranjac, and Eleni Karaindrou. After him are Helmut Walcha, John Blow, Friedrich Wieck, Philippe Herreweghe, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Riccardo Drigo ranks 38. Before him are Boutros Ghali, Paolo Tosti, Hermann Paul, Svetozar Marković, Julius Maggi, and Oskar Backlund. After him are Jambyl Jabayev, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Vyacheslav von Plehve, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Carlo Cafiero. Among people deceased in 1930, Riccardo Drigo ranks 41. Before him are Yang Kaihui, Waldemar Haffkine, Otto Sverdrup, Simko Shikak, Theodor Nöldeke, and José Carlos Mariátegui. After him are Rafael Merry del Val, Eduard Meyer, Eric Lemming, Frank P. Ramsey, Alois Jirásek, and Jeppe Aakjær.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Riccardo Drigo ranks 2,066 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucilius Junior (6), Obelerio degli Antenori (800), Giuseppe Baresi (1958), Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy (1635), Antipope Adalbert (1001), and Gaspar del Bufalo (1786). After him are Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy (1764), Luigi Vanvitelli (1700), Anthony Steffen (1930), Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este (1824), Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1844), and Enrico Bombieri (1940).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Riccardo Drigo ranks 102. Before him are Agostino Steffani (1654), Maddalena Casulana (1544), Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743), Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), Luigi Rossi (1597), and Pietro Nardini (1722). After him are Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895), Ferdinando Paer (1771), Tommaso Traetta (1727), Isabella Leonarda (1620), Giacinto Scelsi (1905), and Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545).

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