Riccardo Drigo
Riccardo Eugenio Drigo (30 June 1846–1 October 1930) was an Italian composer of ballet music and opera, a theatrical conductor, and a pianist. Drigo is most noted for his long career as kapellmeister and Director of Music of the Mariinsky Ballet of St. Petersburg, Russia. He composed music for the original works and revivals of the Mariinsky choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Drigo also served as Chef d’orchestre for Italian opera performances of Mariinsky Theatre orchestra. 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. He was considered to be one of the finest theatrical conductors in Europe.
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Caricature of Riccardo Drigo from the book The Russian Ballet in Caricatures (Рускій балетъ въ карикатурахъ) by the brothers Νikolai and Sergei Legat. 
Photograph of Drigo (person to right wearing white) and orchestra of Imperial Mariinsky Theatre from the Yearbook of the Imperial Theatres. Saint Petersburg, ca. 1905 
Vaslav Nijinsky costumed as the God Vayou in Nikolai Legat's revival of the Drigo/Petipa Le Talisman. Saint Petersburg, 1909 
Page from the illustrated libretto for Riccardo Drigo's ballet La Perle, taken from the program for the celebrations held at the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow in honor of the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna. 29 May [O.S. 17 May] 1896
Maestro Riccardo Eugenio Drigo. Saint Petersburg, 1903
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