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Riccardo Drigo

p, 1846-1930 IT
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Riccardo Eugenio Drigo

Riccardo Eugenio Drigo (ru. Риккардо Эудженьо Дриго), (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 St. 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. During his career in St. Petersburg, Drigo conducted the premieres and regular performances of nearly every ballet and Italian opera performed on the Tsarist stage.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
  • Folk
  • World
Popular Tracks   
Les millions D'Arlequin: Serenade on The Romantic Age, 500 Years of Classical Music by Mela Tenenbaum, Wladislav Warenberg, Daniel Benkö, Marc Grauwels, Klára Würtz, Alwin Bär, Mischa Goldstein, Martijn van den Hoek, Alexander Warenberg, Frank Van De Laar, Anton Nel & Sara Crombach
Le Corsaire: Pas d Escalve - Gulnare variation on Le Corsaire by English National Ballet Philharmonic & Gavin Sutherland
Le Corsaire: Pas de Trois - Conrad Variation on Le Corsaire by English National Ballet Philharmonic & Gavin Sutherland
Le Corsaire: Pas de deux (arr. J. Lanchberry): IV. Coda on Ballet Music - Burgmuller, Tchaikovsky, Minkus, Paulli, Hertel, & Asafiev by Boris Spassov
Le Corsaire: Pas de Trois - Coda on Le Corsaire by English National Ballet Philharmonic & Gavin Sutherland
Adam & Drigo: Le Corsaire: Pas-de-deux - No. 2, Variation I (Allegro) on Pas de Deux by Various Artists
The Talisman. Female Variation on Greatest Classical Ballet Female Variations by MetodoVadim
Diana and Actaeon: Pas de deux (Arr. March) on Fête de Ballet by Richard Bonynge
Petit allegro, ballet "Naiade et le Pécheur", pas d'action, variation in D-Major, Act 1 on Ballet Class Music 4 by Konstantin Mortensen
Plie. 3/4, Valse Form '' Suite De Valses'' on Ballet Class Music Elementary/Intermediate by Elena Baliakhova

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Frühlingsrauschen / Claire De Lune / Serenade / Chanson Triste, Op. 40, Nr. 2Christian Sinding / Claude Debussy / Riccardo Drigo / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2012Single
Gigli In SongBeniamino Gigli, Enrico Toselli, Camille Saint-Saëns, Riccardo Drigo, Isaac Albéniz, Pietro Mascagni, Ernesto de Curtis, Luigi Denza, Fritz Kreisler1991Compil.
The English Columbias Volume IIEmanuel Feuermann, Johannes Brahms, Max Reger, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Riccardo Drigo1990Album
SerenadeRuggiero Leoncavallo, Riccardo Drigo, Camille Saint-Saëns, Benjamin Godard, Carmen Dragon1961Single
Миллионы Арлекина (Балетная Сюита)Riccardo Drigo, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Юрий Файер1960Album
Вальс / СеренадаJascha Heifetz / Mischa Elman, Riccardo Drigo1948Album
Drigo SerenadeRiccardo DrigoAlbum
Pas De Deux (Ballet Music)Riccardo Drigo, Ludwig Minkus, Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber & Edvard Helsted, Richard Bonynge ✱ The London Symphony OrchestraAlbum
Pas De DeuxLudwig Minkus, Riccardo Drigo, The London Symphony Orchestra, Richard BonyngeAlbum
Les Millions D'Arlequin / Célèbre SerenataRiccardo Drigo / Enrico Toselli - Edmond RambaudAlbum
Orchestra Dell'Opera Di Stato Di Vienna Della VolksoperJohann Sebastian Bach / Charles Gounod, Frédéric Chopin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Arthur Rubinstein, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Claude Debussy, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Richard Wagner, Christian Sinding, Riccardo Drigo, Zdeněk FibichCompil.
Les Millions D'Arlequin / Célèbre SerenataRiccardo Drigo / Enrico Toselli - Edmond RambaudAlbum
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