Biography
Riccardo Drigo
Real name: Riccardo Eugenio Drigo
Effective period / Period of releases: 1906 - 1999
Italian composer of ballet music and Italian opera, a theatrical conductor, and a pianist born June 30, 1846 and died October 1, 1930 in Padua (Padova, Italy).Drigo is most noted for his long career as kapellmeister and Director of Music of the Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg, Russia, for which he composed music for the original works and revivals.