Giovanni Gabrielli (actor) explained
Giovanni Gabrielli (died between 1603 and 1611) was an Italian actor of the commedia dell'arte, who performed under the name Sivello.[1]
Biography
Gabrielli was particularly famous for portraying several characters talking together in different languages.[1] The 18th-century historian Francesco Saverio Quadrio relates that Gabrielli was able to impersonate women with his voice only, without the benefit of a costume change.[2] His portrait was engraved by Agostino Carracci.[3]
His son Francesco Gabrielli was also a well known actor.[1]
Publications
Two works of Gabrielli were published in Bologna in the early 17th century:[4]
- Villanelle Nuove Composte per Giovanni Gabrielli detto il Sivello (Bologna, 1601)[5]
- Il Studio, Comedia Nova, Composta per Giovanni Gabrielli da Modona, detto il Sivello (Bologna, 1602)
Bibliography
- Askew, Pamela (1978). "Fetti's 'Portrait of an Actor' Reconsidered", The Burlington Magazine, vol. 120, no. 899 (February 1978), pp. 59–65.
- Banham, Martin, editor (1995). The Cambridge Guide to the Theatre (new edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
- Mahon, Denis (1947; reprint 1971). Studies in Seicento Art and Theory. London: Warburg Institute, University of London (1947). . Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood (1971). .
- Quadrio, Francesco Saverio (1744). Della storia e della ragione di ogni poesia, vol. 3, part 2. Milan: Francesco Agnelli. Copy at the Internet Archive.
- Rasi, Luigi (1897–1905). I Comici Italiani: Biografia, bibliografia, iconografia, 3 volumes. Florence: Fratelli Boca. Catalog record at HathiTrust.
Notes and References
- Senelick, Laurence, p. 407 ("Gabrielli family") in Banham 1995.
- Quadrio 1744, p. 239, cited by Askew 1978, p. 60.
- Rasi 1897, vol. 1, p. 955.
- Mahon 1947, p. 234, note 3.
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