Giovanni Gabrielli (actor)
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Giovanni Gabrielli (actor)
Giovanni Gabrielli (actor)

Giovanni Gabrielli (died between 1603 and 1611) was an Italian actor of the commedia dell'arte, who performed under the name Sivello.[1]
Biography
Gabrielli was particularly famous for portraying several characters talking together in different languages.[1] The 18th-century historian Francesco Saverio Quadrio relates that Gabrielli was able to impersonate women with his voice only, without the benefit of a costume change.[2] His portrait was engraved by Agostino Carracci.[3]
His son Francesco Gabrielli was also a well known actor.[1]
References
[1]
Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgSenelick, Laurence, p. 407 ("Gabrielli family") in Banham 1995.
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