Visconti
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an Italian family that ruled Milan and Lombardy from 1277 to 1447.
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Gian Galeazzo 1351–1402, Milanese leader who conquered much of N Italy.
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Luchino 1906–76, Italian stage and film director.
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the ruling family of Milan from 1277 to 1447
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Luchino, real name Luchino Visconti de Modrone. 1906–76, Italian stage and film director, whose neorealist films include Ossessione (1942). His other films include The Leopard (1963), Death in Venice (1970), and The Innocents (1976)
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She had already been working with great directors, especially Luchino Visconti, but now she had the physical means to go much further and invent the modern concept of opera as drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024
It was also in the 1960s that Flowers acquired his reputation as a session bass guitarist, working for record producers such as Shel Talmy, Steve Rowland and Tony Visconti.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
Visconti had found his Rocco, the tragic, tender soul of his next film, the 1960 family drama “Rocco and His Brothers.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Reyburn at first, Miller at second, Jansen Visconti at third, John Tumpane in left and Roberto Ortiz in right.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
Such a pair were once sent with bulls to excommunicate Barnabas Visconti, but Barnabas only made them eat their bulls—parchment, ribbons, leaden seals and all.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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