*Obituary in The New York Times ARTICLE United States
| Title | *Obituary in The New York Times |
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| Is same as work | *Obituary in The New York Times |
| Author | ~~author (name unknown) |
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| Place | United States |
| Date | 1906 |
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| Type | ARTICLE |
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| Notes | ['Long obituary.\n\n"The Marchesa del Grillo, better known as Adelaide Ristori, the celebrated Italian actress, died early this morning, aged 84 years. She had been suffering from pneumonia for some time. \n[...]\nThe King and Queen of Italy and the dowager Queen, Margherita, sent most sympathetic telegrams to Ristori\'s daughter, who nursed her mother to the last moment. Ristori\'s son, the Marquis Giorgio Capranica del Grillo, being a gentleman in waiting in attendance on Queen Margherita, was in Paris when his mother died.\n\nTommaso Salvini, on learning on the death of Ristori, said:\n\n"It is the greatest and perhaps the last grief of my old age."\n[...]\nShe became a favorite of sovereigns not only in her own country but in the lands she visited. King Oscar and his Court saw her perform "Elizabeth" in Stockholm, 1874 and the King personally presented her with a golden decoration bearing on one side the device, "Literis and Artibus" and on the reverse his effigy, surmounted by a royal crown in diamonds.\n\nAlexander Dumas, afterward one of her warmest friends; Theophile Gautier, Pierangelo Fierentino, and Jules Janin were among the critics who welcomed her with appreciative notices when she made her first appearances in France, at a time when the great Rachel was in her ascendency, and when the Italian actress\'s advent was looking upon by many as a direct challenge to the favorite. \n[...]\nRistori made her Parisian debut in 1855 at the Italian Opera House, opening with "Francesca," and her renown may be said to date from the night of that presentation. [...] A medal was struck in her honor, and the Emperor Napoleon presented her with a magnificent bracelet. \n[...]\nHowever, it was not until July, 1882, that she ventured to give the whole tragedy in English at the Drury Lane Theatre, London. \n[...]\nShe had acquired a large fortune, which permitted her to spend her old age surrounded with every luxury. Her eightieth birthday, celebrated in Rome Jan. 29th, 1902, was the occasion of extraordinary festivities. She was the author of a book of reminiscences."'] |
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