Francesco Regli
Francesco Regli (1802–1866) was an Italian writer best known today for his extensive biographical dictionary which chronicled the lives and careers of prominent figures in the performing arts in Italy from 1800 to 1860. Described as a "polygraph", Regli was also a poet, novelist, librettist, orator, theatre critic, and journalist. He was the founder and managing editor of several prominent journals of the time, including Il Pirata and Strenna Teatrale Europea.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Chiancone, Claudio (2004). "Un “Pirata” dell'Ottocento: Francesco Regli, critico e giornalista". Atti dell' Ateneo di Bergamo, Vol. LXVII, pp. 485–507. Abstract retrieved 20 December 2013 (in Italian).
- ↑ Slonimsky, Nicolas (ed.) (1958). "Regli, Francesco". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 5th Edition, p. 1320. G. Schirmer
External links
[edit]- Regli, Francesco (1860). Dizionario biografico: dei più celebri poéti ed artisti melodrammatici, tragici e comici, maestri, concertisti, coreografi, mimi, ballerini, scenografi, giornalisti, impresarii, ecc. ecc. che fiorirono in Italia dal 1800 al 1860. Dalmazzo (digitized copy on archive.org) (in Italian)
