Antoine-François Riccoboni (1707 – 15 May 1772)"Riccoboni, Antoine-François" Notice d'autorité personne at the BnF website. was an Italian actor of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, whose stage name was Lélio fils.Forman 2010, p. 151.
Life He was born Antonio Francesco Valentino RiccoboniSenelick 1995; ISNI in Mantua. His father was the celebrated actor Luigi Riccoboni, who became the director of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris in 1716, and his mother was the actress Elena Balletti (1686–1771). In 1734 he married Marie-Jeanne de La Boras.Senelick 1995.
Works In addition to several pieces of verse, a Satire sur le goût, le Conte sans R, and some other poems, Antoine-François Riccoboni wrote a great number of comedies of which the best, Les Caquets, in three acts in prose, translated or imitatedSee notice Bnf n°: FRBNF31209708 from Carlo Goldoni, was successfully revived at the Théâtre Louvois in 1802.
In 1726 he performed in Marivaux's La Surprise de l'amour. He wrote more than 50 comedies in French including:
1726: Les Comédiens esclaves 1732: Les Amusements à la mode 1735: Le Conte de Fée 1760: Le Prétendu 1760: Le Prétendu 1761: Les CaquetsPièce de théâtre avec la collaboration de Mme Riccoboni, Notice Bnf n°: FRBNF31209708. Les Caquets, œuvre musicale, rondo en Staccato pour violon par Joseph Bologne Chevalier de St-Georges, compositeur. Notice Bnf n°: FRBNF15819176.- Les Caquets [ Enregistrement sonore], harmonisation par Marius Casadesus, violon accompagné de piano, Publication: France: Polydor, 1936, Notice Bnf n°: FRBNF37992857. 1764: Les Amants de village
He also authored a treatise L'art du théâtre, published in 1750. 1750: Art dit Théâtre, Paris, in-8°.
Notes
Bibliography Forman, Edward (2010). Historical Dictionary of French Theater. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. . Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor (1983). The Oxford Companion to the Theatre (fourth edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Senelick, Laurence (1995). "Riccoboni, family", p. 918 in The Cambridge Guide to the Theatre, edited by Martin Banham. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
External links L'Art du théâtre, 1750 at Gallica L'Art du théâtre, 1750 at Google Books