Talk:Adriana Ferrarese del Bene

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[edit] Changing name

"Ferrarese" is a nickname, referring to the town where she was born (Ferrara), and I think it ought to be changed. If I do a search for "Adriana del Bene" (her real name), nothing appears; only if I put the nickname in does it work. Safebreaker (talk) 23:55, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

It is a bit of a problem. The 1979 Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera lists her under Gabrieli, Adriana. However, Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives this listing for her:

Ferrarese [Ferraresi, Ferrarese del Bene], Adriana [Andreanna, Andriana] and goes on to say:

She has long been identified with a Francesca Gabrielli, ‘detta la Ferrarese’, whom Burney heard at the Ospedaletto in Venice in 1770; Gerber may have been the first to assume that Burney's Gabrielli and Adriana Ferrarese were one and the same, but no solid evidence links them. She eloped with Luigi del Bene in December 1782, appeared in a serious opera in Livorno during autumn 1784 and Livorno before arriving in London in 1785.

We could move it to Adriana del Bene with a re-directs from some of the other versions of her name. Or we could leave it here and likewise make re-directs. In the meantime, I'll add the bit from Grove to the article. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 05:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)