Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez
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Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez, (born on January 13, 1977 in Madrid
, Spain
) is a Spanish
matador
.
' and Carmen Ordóñez
along with his elder brother, the matador Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
. His father’s second wife was Isabel Pantoja
, with whom Cayetano has a half brother, Francisco Rivera Pantoja.
Rivera belongs to a long line of famous bullfighters: his great-grandfather was Cayetano Ordóñez
, who fought under the name, 'Niño de la Palma', and was the inspiration for the matador in Ernest Hemingway
's novel The Sun Also Rises
(1926). Cayetano's grandfather Antonio Ordóñez
was a friend of Orson Welles
and Hemingway and subject of his book The Dangerous Summer
(1960; published 1985) alongside Cayetano's great-uncle Luis Miguel Dominguín. His father Paquirri
was killed by the bull Avispado when Cayetano was aged 8. His elder brother is Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
and his cousin is Jose Antonio Canales Rivera
.
In 2007 he was on the cover of Vogue
next to Penelope Cruz
for an editorial titled 'Made in Spain' shot by Annie Leibovitz
.
On his bullfighting time he is dressed by Armani
. Cayetano Rivera and Giorgio Armani met in Valencia in 2006 and it was the Italian designer who proposed to design this very special suit for him. Armani specially designed the bullfighting costume, called the ‘Goyesco’ for Cayetano, for the ‘Corrida Goyesca’, that was to take place on September 6th, 2008 in Ronda
, Spain. Cayetano’s suit of lights was in the Goyaesque style. Years ago, also painter Pablo Picasso
designed the same costume for Cayetano’s father. Though, an incident in Palencia
where he got caught on the bull's horn prevented him to participate on the awaited occasion and it was postponed to September 6th, 2009. Cayetano along with José María Manzanares and Miguel Ángel Perera cut 8 ears that day of which the likes of Duquesa de Alba
and Victorio & Lucchino were present.
In the season of 2009 he fought in 58 festivals and cut 77 ears, ranking him as number 6 in Spain on the Escalafón Matadores, the 'Matadors Ladder', up from number 16 in 2008.
Rivera represented the men’s accessories and ready-to-wear for luxury brand Loewe
as well as the ambassador of the brand. On December 16, 2009 Rivera was presented as the next face for Loewe's men's fragrance 7 Loewe which launched in the fall of 2010. According to the company, style, pedigree, beauty and elegance are the attributes shared by Loewe and Cayetano Rivera, which is why the luxury brand set its sights on the bullfighter to advertise a fragrance that is about both tradition and modernity. The perfume eventually won 'Best Masculine Selective Fragrance' award at the 2010 'Academia del Perfume' gala, it competed against other finalists in the category such as Bleu de Chanel
and Boss Bottled Night
. The award was received by Cayetano Rivera along with Loewe Spain General Manager Perfumes Francisco Prieto.
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
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) is a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
matador
Matador
A torero or toureiro is a bullfighter and the main performer in bullfighting, practised in Spain, Colombia, Portugal, Mexico, France and various other countries influenced by Spanish culture. In Spanish, the word torero describes any of the performers who actively participate in the bullfight...
.
Early years
Rivera is the son of Francisco Rivera 'PaquirriPaquirri
Francisco Rivera Pérez, known as Paquirri , was a Spanish bullfighter.- Death :Paquirri was gored by a bull named "Avispado" during a bullfight in Pozoblanco , and died while he was being transported to Córdoba Hospital.- Family :He was first married to Carmen Ordóñez, with whom he had two...
' and Carmen Ordóñez
Carmen Ordóñez
Carmina Ordóñez was a member of Spanish families with a background in bullfighting. She was the daughter, ex-wife and mother of bullfighters....
along with his elder brother, the matador Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Francisco de Asís Rivera Ordóñez is a Spanish bullfighter.He is the son of Francisco Rivera Paquirri and Carmen Ordóñez, and his brother is the matador Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez...
. His father’s second wife was Isabel Pantoja
Isabel Pantoja
Isabel Pantoja is a popular contemporary Spanish singer. She is of Romani origin, born in the Triana district of Seville, Spain. She has released more than a dozen albums throughout a career spanning many decades, and is known for her distinctive Andalusian style.-Biography:She was born into a...
, with whom Cayetano has a half brother, Francisco Rivera Pantoja.
Rivera belongs to a long line of famous bullfighters: his great-grandfather was Cayetano Ordóñez
Cayetano Ordóñez
Cayetano Ordóñez is the founder of the Ordóñez family of bullfighters.His parents owned a shoeshop called La Palma, which gave him his nickname . In 1917 he first began to perform as a bullfighter in the ranches of the area were he lived...
, who fought under the name, 'Niño de la Palma', and was the inspiration for the matador in Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
's novel The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises is a 1926 novel written by American author Ernest Hemingway about a group of American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. An early and enduring modernist novel, it received...
(1926). Cayetano's grandfather Antonio Ordóñez
Antonio Ordóñez
Antonio Ordóñez Araujo was a famous Spanish bullfighter.-Bullfighting career:Ordóñez was born Antonio Ordóñez Araujo in Ronda, Spain. He was one of the top bullfighters of his time. As a matador, Ordoñez came face to face with over 3000 bulls...
was a friend of Orson Welles
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...
and Hemingway and subject of his book The Dangerous Summer
The Dangerous Summer
The Dangerous Summer is a book written by Ernest Hemingway published in 1985, which describes the rivalry between bullfighters Luis Miguel Dominguín and his brother-in-law Antonio Ordóñez during the "dangerous summer" of 1959...
(1960; published 1985) alongside Cayetano's great-uncle Luis Miguel Dominguín. His father Paquirri
Paquirri
Francisco Rivera Pérez, known as Paquirri , was a Spanish bullfighter.- Death :Paquirri was gored by a bull named "Avispado" during a bullfight in Pozoblanco , and died while he was being transported to Córdoba Hospital.- Family :He was first married to Carmen Ordóñez, with whom he had two...
was killed by the bull Avispado when Cayetano was aged 8. His elder brother is Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Francisco de Asís Rivera Ordóñez is a Spanish bullfighter.He is the son of Francisco Rivera Paquirri and Carmen Ordóñez, and his brother is the matador Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez...
and his cousin is Jose Antonio Canales Rivera
Jose Antonio Canales Rivera
Jose Antonio Canales Rivera is a well-known Spanish bullfighter.He belongs to a family of bullfighters. His mother, Teresa Rivera, was the sister of Francisco Rivera Pérez “Paquirri” and Jose Rivera Perez “Riverita”...
.
Career
Rivera made his novice debut 'con picadores' on March 26, 2005. On September 9, 2006, he took his 'alternativa' to become a full matador in the bullring with which his family is most associated in Ronda with his brother, Francisco, as his 'padrino.'He cut four ears of the two bulls he fought that day.In 2007 he was on the cover of Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
next to Penelope Cruz
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...
for an editorial titled 'Made in Spain' shot by Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer.-Early life and education:Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe. Her father's...
.
On his bullfighting time he is dressed by Armani
Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy, with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion and a...
. Cayetano Rivera and Giorgio Armani met in Valencia in 2006 and it was the Italian designer who proposed to design this very special suit for him. Armani specially designed the bullfighting costume, called the ‘Goyesco’ for Cayetano, for the ‘Corrida Goyesca’, that was to take place on September 6th, 2008 in Ronda
Ronda
Ronda is a city in Spanish province of Málaga. It is located about West from the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is approximately 35,000 inhabitants.-History:...
, Spain. Cayetano’s suit of lights was in the Goyaesque style. Years ago, also painter Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
designed the same costume for Cayetano’s father. Though, an incident in Palencia
Palencia
Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon...
where he got caught on the bull's horn prevented him to participate on the awaited occasion and it was postponed to September 6th, 2009. Cayetano along with José María Manzanares and Miguel Ángel Perera cut 8 ears that day of which the likes of Duquesa de Alba
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Grandee of Spain is the current head of the House of Alba and the third woman to carry the title in her own right...
and Victorio & Lucchino were present.
In the season of 2009 he fought in 58 festivals and cut 77 ears, ranking him as number 6 in Spain on the Escalafón Matadores, the 'Matadors Ladder', up from number 16 in 2008.
Rivera represented the men’s accessories and ready-to-wear for luxury brand Loewe
Loewe (brand)
Loewe is a Spanish luxury clothing and accessories brand based in Madrid and is owned by the LVMH Group. Loewe is known around the world as being one of the very best when it comes to luxury leather goods.- History :...
as well as the ambassador of the brand. On December 16, 2009 Rivera was presented as the next face for Loewe's men's fragrance 7 Loewe which launched in the fall of 2010. According to the company, style, pedigree, beauty and elegance are the attributes shared by Loewe and Cayetano Rivera, which is why the luxury brand set its sights on the bullfighter to advertise a fragrance that is about both tradition and modernity. The perfume eventually won 'Best Masculine Selective Fragrance' award at the 2010 'Academia del Perfume' gala, it competed against other finalists in the category such as Bleu de Chanel
Chanel
Chanel S.A. is a French fashion house founded by the couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, well established in haute couture, specializing in luxury goods . She gained the name "Coco" while maintaining a career as a singer at a café in France...
and Boss Bottled Night
Hugo Boss
Hugo Ferdinand Boss was the founder of clothing company Hugo Boss.-Early life:Boss was born in Metzingen, Germany. After completing his apprenticeship and one year of employment, he founded his own company in Metzingen in 1923.-Support of Nazism:Boss joined the Nazi Party in 1931, two years before...
. The award was received by Cayetano Rivera along with Loewe Spain General Manager Perfumes Francisco Prieto.