Esmeralda
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Places
- Esmeralda County, NevadaEsmeralda County, NevadaEsmeralda County is a county in the west of U.S. state of Nevada. Its county seat is Goldfield. Its 2000 census population was officially 971, making its population density 0.1045 inhabitants/km² , the second-lowest of any county-equivalent outside of Alaska. As of 2010, the population had...
, a county in western Nevada, USA - Esmeralda, CubaEsmeralda, CubaEsmeralda is a municipality and city in the Camagüey Province of Cuba.The municipality is divided into the barrios of Caonao, Guanaja, Jaronú, Quemado and Tabor.The economy is based on crops of sugarcane, coconuts, pineapple, oranges and tobacco....
, a city in Cuba - Esmeralda, Chile, a town in Chile
- Esmeralda, Venezuela, a town in Venezuela
- Esmeralda Municipality, Oruro DepartmentOruro DepartmentOruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km². Its capital is the city of Oruro. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 391,870.- Provinces of Oruro :...
, Bolivia
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Esméralda (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)Esmeralda, or La Esmeralda , born Agnes, is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame . She is a French Gypsy girl...
, one of the main characters in the 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo - La Esmeralda (ballet)La Esmeralda (ballet)La Esmeralda is a ballet in 3 acts, 5 scenes, inspired by Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, originally choreographed by Jules Perrot; with music by Cesare Pugni and design by William Grieve , D. Sloman , Mme...
, 1844 ballet inspired by the novel - Esmeralda (Dargomyzhsky), 1847 opera by Dargomyzhsky based on the novel
- Esmeralda (opera), 1883 English opera by Arthur Goring ThomasArthur Goring ThomasArthur Goring Thomas was an English composer. He was the youngest son of Freeman Thomas and Amelia, daughter of Colonel Thomas Frederick.He was born at Ratton Park, Sussex, and educated at Haileybury College...
based on the novel - La Esméralda (opera)La Esmeralda (opera)La Esmeralda is a grand opera in four acts composed by Louise Bertin. The libretto was written by Victor Hugo, who had adapted it from his novel Notre-Dame de Paris . The opera premiered at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on 14 November 1836 with Cornélie Falcon in the title role...
French opera by Louise BertinLouise BertinLouise-Angélique Bertin was a French composer and poet.Louise Bertin lived her entire life in France. Her father, Louis-François Bertin, and also her brother later on, were the editors of Journal des débats, an influential newspaper. As encouraged by her family, Bertin pursued music... - Esmeralda (1905 film)Esmeralda (1905 film)Esmeralda is a 1905 short silent film based on the novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame written by Victor Hugo. It was directed by Alice Guy-Blaché and Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset....
, a 1905 film based on the novel - Esmerelda (1915 film)Esmerelda (1915 film)Esmerelda; sometimes Esmeralda is a 1915 silent film starring Mary Pickford and directed by James Kirkwood. It was produced by Adolph Zukor and stage impresario Daniel Frohman...
, a 1915 film based on the play - Esmeralda (1922 film)Esmeralda (1922 film)Esmeralda is a 1922 silent film and an adaptation of a novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo. It was directed by Edwin J. Collins and starred Sybil Thorndike and Booth Conway.-Cast:* Sybil Thorndike as Esmeralda* Booth Conway as Quasimodo...
, a 1922 film based on the novel - Esmeralda, the deuteragonist from Walt Disney PicturesWalt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...
' (1996 film) "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released to theaters on June 21, 1996 by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fourth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, the film is inspired by Victor Hugo's novel of...
Other popular arts
- Esmeralda (Venezuela), a Venezuelan telenovelaTelenovelaA telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
- Esmeralda (telenovela)Esmeralda (telenovela)Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984.-Plot:...
, a Méxican remake of the Venezuelan series - Esmeralda (Brazil), a Brazilian remake of the Méxican version
- "Esmeralda", a poem by Greek poet Nikos KavvadiasNikos KavvadiasNikos Kavvadias was a Greek poet and writer; currently one of the most popular poets in Greece, who used his travels around the world as a sailor, and life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people outside the boundaries of reality.- Early life and...
- Esmeralda (Cro character), a character from the television series Cro
- Esmeralda (Fur Fighters), a character from the video game Fur Fighters
- Santa EsmeraldaSanta EsmeraldaSanta Esmeralda is a U.S./French Disco group formed in the 1970s, which earned a #1 club hit in 1977 with a cover version of the song "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".-Mr. "Misunderstood":Leroy Gómez was born in Wareham, Massachusetts of Cape Verdean descent...
, a 1970s musical group that had a hit with a cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" - Esmerelda "Granny" WeatherwaxGranny WeatherwaxEsmerelda "Esme" Weatherwax is a fictional character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. She is a witch and member of the Lancre coven. She is the self-appointed guardian of her small country, and frequently defends it against supernatural powers...
, a Discworld character - Esmeralda, a character from the television series BewitchedBewitchedBewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Dick Sargent , Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban...
. - Esmeralda, a satanic character from Thomas MannThomas MannThomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual...
's Doctor Faustus
Ships
- Esmeralda (1791)Esmeralda (1791)The Spanish Esmeralda was a 44 gun frigate built in Port Mahón, Balearic Islands in 1791. The First Chilean Navy Squadron under the command of Thomas Cochrane captured her in the night from 5 to 6 November 1820. She was renamed Valdivia in Chilean service...
, a sail frigate captured by Chile in 1820 - Chilean frigate Valdivia (1791) or Esmeralda, a sail frigate captured from Spain in 1820 by the First Chilean Navy Squadron
- Esmeralda (1855)Esmeralda (1855)The Esmeralda launched in 1855, was a wooden steam corvette sunk during the War of the Pacific as was set against superior forces, fought until sunk with colors flying on 21 May 1879 at the Battle of Iquique...
, a wooden steam corvette sunk during the War of the Pacific - Esmeralda (1884), purchased by Japan in 1894 and renamed Izumi
- Esmeralda (BE-43)Esmeralda (BE-43)Esmeralda is a steel-hulled four-masted barquentine tall ship of the Chilean Navy, currently the second tallest and longest sailing ship in the world.- Construction :The ship is the sixth to carry the name Esmeralda...
, a training ship of the Chilean Navy, launched in 1953
Other uses
- Esmeralda OpenEsmeralda OpenThe Esmeralda Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in the 1940s. It was held at Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane, Washington...
, a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in the 1940s - Esmeralda (orchid)Esmeralda (orchid)Esmeralda is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.- References :*Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. . Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press....
, a genus of flower in the family Orchidaceae
People
- Esmeralda GarcíaEsmeralda GarcíaEsmeralda de Jesus Freitas García Silami is a retired long and triple jumper from Brazil, who also competed in the sprint events. A two-time Olympian she is best known for setting the world record in the women's triple jump on June 5, 1986 in Indianapolis: 13.68 metres.-References:**...
, Brazilian track and field athlete - Esmeralda Kapiolani Marignoli, Hawaiian-Italian noblewoman
- Esmeralda PimentelEsmeralda PimentelEsmeralda Pimentel is a Mexican actress.Prior to becoming an actress, Pimentel competed in the 2007 national Nuestra Belleza Mexico pageant, where she placed fourth...
, Mexican actress - Esmeralda SantiagoEsmeralda SantiagoEsmeralda Santiago is a Puerto Rican author and former actress known for her novels and memoirs.-Early life:Santiago was born on 17 May 1948 in the San Juan district of Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. In 1961, she came to the continental United States when she was thirteen years old, the...
, Puerto Rican author and actress - Esmeralda Yaniche, Venezuelan model and pageant titleholder
- Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, daughter of king Leopold III of Belgium.
See also
- La Esmeralda (disambiguation)La Esmeralda (disambiguation)La Esmeralda is a town in Venezuela.La Esmeralda may also refer to:* La Esmeralda , a ballet by Cesare Pugni* La Esmeralda , an opera by Louise Bertin...
- Esmeralda Avenue (disambiguation)
- Esmeraldas (disambiguation)