Achille Majeroni (theatre)
Achille Majeroni (1824 – 20 January 1888) was an Italian stage actor and manager of a theatrical company. He was the eldest brother of Eduardo Majeroni, well known in Australia. His son Achille Majeroni (1881–1964), was an actor with a film career.[1]
History[]
Majeroni was born in Milan, the eldest son of Eduardo Majeroni, a former officer under Napoleon I and Antonia Majeroni, née Musich, who claimed noble Hungarian descent. The Majeronis were a long-established family in the Città Alta ("Upper Town") of Bergamo, Lombardy.
He joined the company in 1840, followed by 's Lombard Drama Company, becoming their leading man in 1849 alongside .
Like his youngest brother, he was imbued with patriotic fervor, and fought in the First Italian War of Independence, and in the cholera outbreak that followed, was a volunteer with the .[1]
In 1854 he joined 's Teatro dei Fiorentini, enjoying considerable success, especially in romantic dramas. In 1859 he undertook a world tour with Adelaide Ristori.
In 1866 he and Fanny Sadowski founded a company which toured Italy to considerable acclaim.
His depiction of Othello has been ranked with that of Tommaso Salvini, and was said to be a favorite of the King of Italy, who made him a Cavalier of the Crown of Italy, and he received similar honors from the King of Spain and the King of Portugal.[1]
He was buried at Bologna and the king telegraphed his condolences. During his lifetime he had earned in the vicinity of £40,000 and squandered it all on a gracious lifestyle, and his widow and ten children were reduced to poverty.[1]
Personal[]
The family of Achille Majeroni includes:
- Concetta Luigia Gentile Majeroni (1857– )
- Mina Majeroni (1859–1861)
- Adélaïde Mathilde Julienne Majeroni (1859– )
In 1859 he married , aka Graziosa Bignetti (1837–1919).
- Ferruccio Majeroni (1861–1927)
- Fede Italica Rosa Bianca Majeroni (1862– )
- Umberto Agesilao Masaniello Majeroni (1863– )
- Dante Majeroni (1863–1937)
- Emilia Majeroni (1864–1955)
- Angelica Eugenia Anna Majeroni (1865– )
- Torquato Majeroni (1868–1905)
- Vittorio Emmanuele Majeroni (1878– )
- Achille Majeroni (1881–1964) (source Achille Majeroni family tree)
The famous stage illusionist (1871–1932) was a grandson, a son of Michele Napoleone "Napoleon" Majeroni (1842–1918), not mentioned in the list above, and Adelaide Bruno (1845–1916)[2]
Sources[]
Alberto Manzi (1934), "Achille Majeroni" Dizionario biografico degli italiani, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Theatrical Gossip". The Australasian. XLIV (1147). Victoria, Australia. 24 March 1888. p. 11. Retrieved 12 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Amedeo Majeroni". Triesteillusion. Retrieved 13 March 2021. This article was compiled from information supplied by a descendant, Mrs. Rita Majeroni.
- 1824 births
- 1888 deaths
- Italian male stage actors
- 19th-century Italian male actors
- Actors from Bergamo