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'''Sergio Rendine''' (7 September 1954 – 21 April 2023) was an Italian composer of operas, symphonic, ballet, and chamber music.
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'''Sergio Rendine''' (7 September 1954 – 21 April 2023) was an Italian composer of operas, ballets, symphonies, cantatas and chamber music. He worked as a lecturer at the Conservatorio Alfredo Casella, for the [[Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia]], and for [[SIAE]]. He was artistic director of the [[Teatro Marrucino]] in [[Chieti]] from 1997 to 2007. He received awards for ''Alice'', a "radiophonic opera". His opera ''Un segreto d'importanza'' was premiered by the [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo]]. His ''Missa de beatificatione in onore di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina'', a [[Mass (music)|mass]] written for the [[beatification]] of [[Pio of Pietrelcina]], was premiered in 1999 in [[Vatican City]], with [[José Carreras]] as a soloist. His [[oratorio]] ''Passio et Ressurrectio'' was recorded live and broadcast from the cathedral in Chieti premiere, and his two symphonies were recorded by [[Chandos Records]].


== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
Rendine was born in [[Naples]] on 7 September 1954.<ref name="RAI" /> He started his musical studies at the age of five with his father, [[Furio Rendine]], and his grandfather [[Salvatore Papaccio]]. He was pupil of Domenico Guaccero at the [[Santa Cecilia Conservatory]] in Rome and of Giuseppe Agostini at [[Pesaro Conservatory]],<ref name="RAI" /> where he graduated in choral music and choral conducting.<ref name="Ortolano" /> He taught at the {{ill|Conservatorio Alfredo Casella|it}} in L'Aquila.<ref name="Ortolano" /> He was on the board of directors of the [[Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia]], was artistic director of the {{ill|Eclat (festival)|de|Eclat (Musikfestival)|lt=Eclat}} festival of contemporary music in Stuttgart from 1988 to 1991, commissioner for the opera section of the [[SIAE]] from 1995 to 2000,<ref name="RAI" /> artistic director of the Teatro Marrucino in [[Chieti]] from 1997 to 2007,<ref name="Ortolano" /> and artistic director of the FOSS (Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana) from 2011.
Rendine was born in [[Naples]] on 7 September 1954,<ref name="d'Allesandro" /><ref name="RAI" /> the son of composer [[Furio Rendine]], and the grandson of [[Salvatore Papaccio]]. He studied with Domenico Guaccero at the [[Santa Cecilia Conservatory]] in Rome and with Giuseppe Agostini at [[Pesaro Conservatory]],<ref name="RAI" /> where he graduated in choral music and choral conducting.<ref name="Ortolano" /> He taught at the {{ill|Conservatorio Alfredo Casella|it}} in L'Aquila.<ref name="Ortolano" /> Rendine was on the board of directors of the [[Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia]], was artistic director of the {{ill|Eclat (festival)|de|Eclat (Musikfestival)|lt=Eclat}} festival of contemporary music in Stuttgart from 1988 to 1991, commissioner for the opera section of the [[SIAE]] from 1995 to 2000,<ref name="d'Allesandro" /><ref name="RAI" /> artistic director of the [[Teatro Marrucino]] in [[Chieti]] from 1997 to 2007.<ref name="Ortolano" />


His works were commissioned by [[BBC London]], [[SWR Symphonieorchester]], [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]], [[Kölner Philharmonie]], [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo]], [[Teatro dell'Opera di Roma]], [[Teatro di San Carlo]] in Naples, [[Teatro Comunale di Bologna|Teatro Comunale]] in Bologna, [[Arena di Verona]], [[La Scala]] in Milan, [[Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI]], [[Salzburg Festival]], [[Strasbourg Music Festival]], and the [[Schwetzingen Festival]], among others.<ref name="RAI" />
His works were commissioned by [[BBC London]], [[SWR Symphonieorchester]], [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]], [[Kölner Philharmonie]], [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo]], [[Teatro dell'Opera di Roma]], [[Teatro di San Carlo]] in Naples, [[Teatro Comunale di Bologna|Teatro Comunale]] in Bologna, [[Arena di Verona]], [[La Scala]] in Milan, [[Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI]], [[Salzburg Festival]], [[Strasbourg Music Festival]], and the [[Schwetzingen Festival]], among others.<ref name="RAI" />
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His compositions have been performed by famous artists as [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]], [[Carla Fracci]], Lindsay Kemp, [[Katia Ricciarelli]], [[Salvatore Accardo]], [[Richard Stoltzman]], [[Marzio Conti]], and [[John Neschling]].-->


His compositions have been performed by famous artists as [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]], [[José Carreras]], [[Carla Fracci]], Lindsay Kemp, [[Katia Ricciarelli]], [[Gianluigi Gelmetti]], [[Salvatore Accardo]], [[Richard Stoltzman]], [[Marzio Conti]], and [[John Neschling]]. Together with [[Yoritsune Matsudaira]], [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] and [[Alfred Schnittke]], Rendine was commissioned by the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] Committee to compose the ''Mass for Peace'', which was performed at the [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]] in Oslo on 11 December 1995.<ref name="RAI" />
Together with [[Yoritsune Matsudaira]], [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] and [[Alfred Schnittke]], Rendine was commissioned by the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] Committee to compose the ''Mass for Peace'', which was performed at the [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]] in Oslo on 11 December 1995.<ref name="RAI" />


Rendine was awarded both the [[Prix Italia]] and the [[Premios Ondas]] for the "radiophonic opera" ''Alice'' in 1987–1988.<ref name="RAI" />
Rendine was awarded both the [[Prix Italia]] and the [[Premios Ondas]] for the "radiophonic opera" ''Alice'' in 1987–1988.<ref name="RAI" />


Rendine died in [[Pescara]] on 21 April 2023, at age 68.<ref name="Ortolano" />
Rendine died in [[Pescara]] on 21 April 2023, at age 68.<ref name="d'Allesandro" /><ref name="Ortolano" />


== Compositions ==
== Compositions ==
Rendine's music was influenced by the sacred music of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], the theatre music of Naples, traditional [[passion music]] sung in the streets, and by ritual dances.<ref name="Stabat Mater" />
Rendine's compositions were published by [[Casa Ricordi]],<ref name="Ricordi /> [[Edoardo Sonzogno|Casa Sonzogno]], B & W Italia (Bideri & [[Warner Music]]), and Edipan.<ref name="RAI" /> He has composed over 200 works,<ref name ="DdO">Gelli, Piero and Poletti, Filippo (eds.), Rendine, Sergio, in ''Dizionario dell'opera'', Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2007, p. 1588. {{ISBN|88-6073-184-4}} (in Italian)</ref> including:
Rendine's compositions were published by [[Casa Ricordi]],<ref name="Ricordi" /> [[Edoardo Sonzogno|Casa Sonzogno]],<ref name="Sonzogno" /> B & W Italia (Bideri & [[Warner Music]]), and Edipan.<ref name="RAI" /> His works include:
* ''Alice'', "radiophonic opera" in 126 episodes based on ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', 1986–1987, commissioned by [[Rai Radio 1|RAI Radio 1]] and [[Rai Radio 3|RAI Radio 3]]<ref name="RAI" />
* ''Alice'', "radiophonic opera" in 126 episodes based on ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', 1986–1987, commissioned by [[Rai Radio 1|RAI Radio 1]] and [[Rai Radio 3|RAI Radio 3]]<ref name="RAI" />
* ''Hermes 594''" for large orchestra,<ref name="Ricordi /> premiered 1987 London [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]
* ''Hermes 594''" for large orchestra,<ref name="Ricordi" /> premiered 1987 London [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[Gianluigi Gelmetti]]<ref name="Enescu" />
* ''Alice'', ballet to music from the opera, premiered in Rome's Teatro Olimpico in 1988, with [[Lindsay Kemp]] as choreographer and dancer<ref name="informadanza" />
* ''Un segreto d'importanza, ovvero La faticosa vecchiaia di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'', [[opera buffa]] in one act to a libretto by Lorenzo Arruga, premiered 6 March 1992, [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo]]<ref name="Ricordi />
* ''Missa de beatificatione in onore di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina'', Mass for the [[beatification]] of [[Pio of Pietrelcina]], premiered 2 May 1999, [[Vatican City]], Sala Nervi<ref name="RAI" />
* ''Un segreto d'importanza, ovvero La faticosa vecchiaia di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'', [[opera buffa]] in one act to a libretto by Lorenzo Arruga, premiered on 6 March 1992, [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo]]<ref name="Ricordi" />
* "Alleluia" for ''Messa per la Pace'', Nobel Peace Prize Concert 1995 in, Oslo 1995, conducted by [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]], with [[Milva]] as the vocal soloist
* ''Passio et Resurrectio'', [[cantata]] for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, premiered 13 April 2000, Cattedrale di San Giustino, [[Chieti]].<ref name="RAI" />
* ''Orlando'' (ballet), 1997, premiered at the Opera di Roma, conducted by [[Vittorio Parisi]] and choreographed by [[Robert North (choreographer)|Robert North]], with [[Carla Fracci]] in the title role<ref name="Orlando" />
* ''Romanza, una favola romana'', opera in three acts to a libretto by Egale Cerroni, premiered 21 November 2002, [[Rome Opera|Opera di Roma]]<ref name="RAI" />
* ''Missa de beatificatione in onore di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina'', Mass for, the [[beatification]] of [[Pio of Pietrelcina]], premiered 2 May 1999, [[Vatican City]], [[Paul VI Audience Hall|Sala Nervi]],<ref name="RAI" /> with [[José Carreras]]<ref name="Repubblica" />
* ''Symphony No. 2 "Andorrana"'', premiered 2007, [[Auditorio Nacional de Música]], Madrid<ref name="Ortolano" /><ref name="Ateneo" />
* ''Passio et Resurrectio'', for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, premiered 13 April 2000, Cattedrale di San Giustino, [[Chieti]],<ref name="RAI" /><ref name="Stabat Mater" /> in a concert recorded and broadcast<ref name="Vivo" />
* ''Cadens revixit – Vita nuova di Paolo di Tarso'', [[oratorio]] to a libretto by Roberto Mussapi, premiered 2009 at [[San Paolo fuori le Mura]] in Rome
* ''Romanza, una favola romana'', opera in three acts to a libretto by Egale Cerroni, premiered 21 November 2002, [[Rome Opera|Opera di Roma]],<ref name="d'Allesandro" /><ref name="RAI" /> conducted by [[Will Humburg]], with [[Amii Stewart]] as Maria and [[Vittorio Grigolo]] as Aniel<ref name="Roma" />
* ''Canto della notte'', for women's choir and wind instruments, commissioned by the Foundation of the Arena di Verona<ref name="Sonzogno" />
* Symphony No. 1, for the Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo (2006)<ref name="Sonzogno" />
* Symphony No. 2 "Andorrana", commissioned by the government of [[Andorra]],<ref name="Ortolano" /><ref name="Sonzogno" /> premiered 2007, [[Auditorio Nacional de Música]], Madrid<ref name="Ateneo" />
* ''Cadens revixit – Vita nuova di Paolo di Tarso'', [[oratorio]] to a libretto by Roberto Mussapi, premiered 2009 at [[San Paolo fuori le Mura]] in Rome<ref name="d'Allesandro" /><!--* ''Ludwig'', 2004, conducted by [[Daniele Gatti]]-->


=== Recordings ===
== Notable performers of Rendine's works ==
Rendine's ''Passio and Ressurrectio'' was recorded live when it was premiered on 13 April 2000, then [[Good Friday]], at the Cattedrale di San Giustino in Chieti, by [[Naxos (company)|Naxos]],<ref name="Vivo" /> released in 2003.<ref name="Muziekweb" /> His two symphonies were recorded by [[Chandos Records]] in 2007, played by the Orquestra Nacional Clàssica d'Andorra conducted by [[Marzio Conti]].<ref name="Chandos" />
Performers of Rendine's works include:
* "Alleluia", ''Messa per la Pace'', [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]], Oslo 1995: [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]] (conductor) and [[Milva]] (vocal soloist)
* World premiere of ''Missa de beatificatione in onore di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina'', 1999: [[José Carreras]] (tenor soloist)
* World premiere of ''Romanza, una favola romana'', 2002: [[Will Humburg]] (conductor), [[Amii Stewart]] (Maria), and [[Vittorio Grigolo]] (Aniel)
* World premiere of ''Orlando'' (ballet), 1997: [[Carla Fracci]] (Orlando)
* World premiere of ''Alice'' (ballet), 1988: [[Lindsay Kemp]] (choreographer and dancer)
* World premiere of ''Un segreto d'importanza''. 1992: [[Gianluigi Gelmetti]] (conductor)
* Gala concert for the 50th birthday of Sergio Rendine, 2004: [[Michele Campanella]] (pianist) and [[Katia Ricciarelli]] (soprano)
* World premiere of ''Ludwig'', 2004: [[Daniele Gatti]] (conductor)


== References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="d'Allesandro">{{cite news
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| first = Alfredo
| url = https://www.ilmessaggero.it/abruzzo/musica_morto_sergio_rendine-7359418.html
| title = Morto Sergio Rendine, un grande della musica ed ex direttore artistico del Marrucino
| newspaper = [[Il Messaggero]]
| date = 22 April 2023
| language = it
| access-date = 24 April 2023
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<ref name="Vivo">{{cite web
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| first = Vincenzo De
| url = https://www.naxos.com/MainSite/BlurbsReviews/?itemcode=8.557733&catnum=557733&filetype=AboutThisRecording&language=English
| title = Sergio Rendine (b.1954) / Passio et Resurrectio
| work = [[Naxos Records]]
| date = 2000
| access-date = 25 April 2023
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<ref name="Ateneo">{{cite news
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| title = "Andorrana" sinfonia n. 2 di Sergio Rendine
| work = Bollettino d'Ateneo
| date = 15 June 2007
| language = it
| access-date = 24 April 2023
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722062144/http://www.circuiti.unict.it/open_page.php?sez=articolo&id=629
| archive-date = 22 July 2011
}}</ref>

<ref name="Chandos">{{cite news
| url = https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/NX2039.pdf
| title = Sergio Rendine / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 "Andorrana" / Orquestra Nacional Clàssica d'Andorra / Marzio Conti
| publisher = [[Chandos Records]]
| date = 2007
| access-date = 24 April 2023
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<ref name="Enescu">{{cite web
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| title = Gianluigi Gelmetti
| work = Festival Enescu
| date = 2022
| language = ro
| access-date = 24 April 2023
}}</ref>

<ref name="informadanza">{{cite web
| url = http://www.informadanza.com/trame/alice.htm
| title = Alice in Wonderland
| website = informadanza.com
| date = 1991
| language = it
| access-date = 25 April 2023
}}</ref>

<ref name="Muziekweb">{{cite web
| url = https://sbhaarlem.muziekweb.nl/en/Link/DBX8159/Passio-et-resurrectio?WorkID=U00000680080
| title = Passio et resurrectio / Sergio Rendine
| work = [[Muziekweb]]
| date = 2023
| language = nl
| access-date = 25 April 2023
}}</ref>

<ref name="Orlando">{{cite web
| url = https://archiviostorico.operaroma.it/edizione_balletto/orlando-1997/
| title = Orlando 1997
| website = archiviostorico.operaroma.it
| date = 1997
| language = it
| access-date = 25 April 2023
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| archive-date = 28 September 2011
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<ref name="Repubblica">{{cite news
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| title = Una Missa in Vaticano con Carreras
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| date = 24 April 1999
| language = it
| access-date = 24 April 2023
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| title = Scores by Sergio Rendine
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<ref name="Roma">{{cite web
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| title = Romanza, una favola romana 2002
| website = archiviostorico.operaroma.it
| date = 2002
| language = it
| access-date = 24 April 2023
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<ref name="Sonzogno">{{cite web
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| website = Casa Sonzogno
| date = 2023
| language = it
| access-date = 24 April 2023
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<ref name="Stabat Mater">{{cite web
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{official|http://www.sergiorendine.com/}}
* {{Official|http://www.sergiorendine.com/}}
* [http://www.ricordi.it/compositori/r/sergio-rendine Sergio Rendine] on the official website of [[Casa Ricordi]]
* [http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/sergio-rendine/ Rendine, Sergio] in the ''[[Enciclopedia Treccani]]'' {{In lang|it}}
* {{Discogs artist|Sergio Rendine}}
* Crisigiovanni, Paola, [http://www.editorialepantheon.it/schede/Scheda_Rendine.pdf Sergio Rendine, ovvero il coraggio della musica], Editoriale Pantheon
* {{Imdb name|3452119}}
* [[Naxos Records]], [http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Sergio_Rendine/25334.htm Sergio Rendine Biography]
* [https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Sergio_Rendine/25334 Sergio Rendine (1954)] [[Naxos Records]]
* [[Enciclopedia Treccani]] [http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/sergio-rendine/]
* [https://hitparade.ch/showperson.asp?name=Sergio+Rendine Sergio Rendine] hitparade.ch
* {{discogs artist|Sergio Rendine}}
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Latest revision as of 10:51, 10 November 2024

Sergio Rendine
Born(1954-09-07)7 September 1954
Naples, Italy
Died21 April 2023(2023-04-21) (aged 68)
Pescara, Italy
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
FatherFurio Rendine
Awards

Sergio Rendine (7 September 1954 – 21 April 2023) was an Italian composer of operas, ballets, symphonies, cantatas and chamber music. He worked as a lecturer at the Conservatorio Alfredo Casella, for the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and for SIAE. He was artistic director of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti from 1997 to 2007. He received awards for Alice, a "radiophonic opera". His opera Un segreto d'importanza was premiered by the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. His Missa de beatificatione in onore di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, a mass written for the beatification of Pio of Pietrelcina, was premiered in 1999 in Vatican City, with José Carreras as a soloist. His oratorio Passio et Ressurrectio was recorded live and broadcast from the cathedral in Chieti premiere, and his two symphonies were recorded by Chandos Records.

Life and career

[edit]

Rendine was born in Naples on 7 September 1954,[1][2] the son of composer Furio Rendine, and the grandson of Salvatore Papaccio. He studied with Domenico Guaccero at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and with Giuseppe Agostini at Pesaro Conservatory,[2] where he graduated in choral music and choral conducting.[3] He taught at the Conservatorio Alfredo Casella [it] in L'Aquila.[3] Rendine was on the board of directors of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, was artistic director of the Eclat [de] festival of contemporary music in Stuttgart from 1988 to 1991, commissioner for the opera section of the SIAE from 1995 to 2000,[1][2] artistic director of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti from 1997 to 2007.[3]

His works were commissioned by BBC London, SWR Symphonieorchester, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Kölner Philharmonie, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Arena di Verona, La Scala in Milan, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Salzburg Festival, Strasbourg Music Festival, and the Schwetzingen Festival, among others.[2]

Together with Yoritsune Matsudaira, Gian Carlo Menotti, Krzysztof Penderecki and Alfred Schnittke, Rendine was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to compose the Mass for Peace, which was performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo on 11 December 1995.[2]

Rendine was awarded both the Prix Italia and the Premios Ondas for the "radiophonic opera" Alice in 1987–1988.[2]

Rendine died in Pescara on 21 April 2023, at age 68.[1][3]

Compositions

[edit]

Rendine's music was influenced by the sacred music of Johann Sebastian Bach, the theatre music of Naples, traditional passion music sung in the streets, and by ritual dances.[4] Rendine's compositions were published by Casa Ricordi,[5] Casa Sonzogno,[6] B & W Italia (Bideri & Warner Music), and Edipan.[2] His works include:

Recordings

[edit]

Rendine's Passio and Ressurrectio was recorded live when it was premiered on 13 April 2000, then Good Friday, at the Cattedrale di San Giustino in Chieti, by Naxos,[11] released in 2003.[14] His two symphonies were recorded by Chandos Records in 2007, played by the Orquestra Nacional Clàssica d'Andorra conducted by Marzio Conti.[15]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e d'Allesandro, Alfredo (22 April 2023). "Morto Sergio Rendine, un grande della musica ed ex direttore artistico del Marrucino". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Sergio Rendine Biography". Rai Radio 3 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ortolano, Stefania (21 April 2023). "Si è spento il compositore Sergio Rendine, per dieci anni direttore artistico del teatro Marrucino". Chieti Today (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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