DIAVOLO, FRA

DIAVOLO, FRA
   (lit. Brother Devil), Michele Porsa, a Calabrian, originally a monk, who left his monastery and joined a set of bandits, who lent themselves to and conducted insurrectionary movements in Italy; taken prisoner, was hanged at Naples; Auber's opera, "Fra Diavolo," has no connection with him except the name (1760-1806).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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  • Fra Diavolo (opéra) — Fra Diavolo (opéra comique) Fra Diavolo ou L’Hôtellerie de Terracine Genre Opéra comique Nb. d actes 3 actes Musique Daniel François Esprit Auber Livret Eugène Scribe Langue originale Français Durée a …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fra Diavolo — Michele Pezza Fra Diavolo (ital.: Bruder Teufel), eigentlich Michele Pezza; * 7. April 1771 in Itri; † 11. November 1806 in Neapel) war ein Brigant und Kämpfer gegen die französische Vorherrschaft in Süditalien zur Zeit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fra Diavolo (opera) — Fra Diavolo, ou L hôtellerie de Terracine ( Fra Diavolo, or The Inn of Terracina ) is an opéra comique in three acts by the French composer Daniel François Esprit Auber, first performed at the Opéra Comique, Paris on 28 January, 1830. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Fra Diavolo (disambiguation) — Fra Diavolo can refer to:* Fra Diavolo, the Neapolitan guerrilla leader * Fra Diavolo (opera), an opera by Auber * Fra diavolo (sauce), a sauce * Fra Diavolo (1933 film), a Laurel and Hardy film * The Adventures of Fra Diavolo , a 1942 film …   Wikipedia

  • Fra Diavolo — (spr. djáwolo, »Bruder Teufel«), Beiname des zu Itri in der Terra di Lavoro gebornen Michele Pezza, der 1799 seine Räuberbande in den Dienst des Königs Ferdinand von Neapel gegen die Franzosen stellte und deshalb begnadigt und zum königlichen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Fra Diavolo —   [italienisch »Bruder Teufel«], eigentlich Michele Pẹzza, neapolitanischer Freischärler, * Itri (bei Gaeta) 7. 4. 1771, ✝ Neapel 11. 11. 1806; ursprünglich Straßenräuber, kämpfte in der von Kardinal Fabrizio Ruffo di Bagnara (* 1744, ✝ 1827)… …   Universal-Lexikon

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