Clorinda
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Clorinda may refer to:
- Clorinda CorradiClorinda CorradiClorinda Corradi was an Italian opera singer and one of the most famous contraltos in history.-Life:...
(1804–1877), noted Italian opera contralto - Clorinda Matto de TurnerClorinda Matto de TurnerClorinda Matto de Turner was a Peruvian writer who lived during the age of the Latin American independence movements. Her own independence inspired women throughout the region as her writings sparked controversy in her own culture.- Biography :She was born and raised in Cuzco, Peru...
(1852-1909), Peruvian writer - Clorinda, a character in the epic poem Jerusalem DeliveredJerusalem DeliveredJerusalem Delivered is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso first published in 1581, which tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Catholic knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem...
by Torquato Tasso - Clorinda, a character in the opera La CenerentolaLa CenerentolaLa Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cinderella...
by Gioachino Rossini - Clorinda, the predecessor of Maid MarianMaid MarianMaid Marian is the wife of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood. Stemming from another, older tradition, she became associated with Robin Hood only in the 16th century.-History:The earliest medieval Robin Hood stories gave him no female companion...
as Robin Hood's love interest - Clorinda (brachiopod), a brachiopodBrachiopodBrachiopods are a phylum of marine animals that have hard "valves" on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, while the front can be opened for feeding or closed for protection...
genus - Clorinda, FormosaClorinda, FormosaClorinda is a city in the province of Formosa, Argentina. It is the head town of the Pilcomayo Department, and has 47,240 inhabitants as per the . It is located 115 km north-northeast from the provincial capital Formosa, at the easternmost tip of the province, 4 km from the Paraguayan border, on...
, Argentina, a city - A portrait painting by Thomas Douglas GuestThomas Douglas GuestThomas Douglas Guest was a British historical- and portrait painter. He studied at the schools of the Royal Academy, and in 1803 sent his first contribution to its exhibitions - a portrait of the sculptor Joseph Wilton...