Gaetano Casanova Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Gaetano Casanova Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Gaetano Casanova (2 April 1697, Parma â€" 18 December 1733, Venice)

was an Italian actor and ballet dancer. His eldest son was the famous

adventurer, Giacomo Casanova.Gaetano Giuseppe Giacomo Casanova was

born to Giacomo Casanova (whose family had originally come to Italy

from Aragon) and his wife, Anna Roli. His older brother, Giambattista,

left home in 1712 and was never heard from again. Gaetano followed

suit the following year, having become infatuated with Giovanna

Benozzi (1662 - c. 1750), a Commedia dell'arte actress who went by the

name of "La Fragoletta" ("The Little Strawberry"). Because of the

difference in age, nothing came of it and she married Francesco

Balletti, from a family of famous actors, who specialized in the role

of Harlequin.In 1723, he left the troupe and went to Venice, where he

found a position at the Teatro San Samuele, owned by the Grimani

family. Near the place where he was staying, there was a shoemaker's

shop owned by a certain Girolamo Farussi, who had an attractive

daughter, known as Zanetta. The following year, against her parents'

wishes, she married Gaetano. Her father died shortly after, from

grief, according to Giacomo, and her mother, Marcia, was reconciled to

the union only when Gaetano promised that he would not allow Zanetta

to become an actress.In 1725, their first child, Giacomo, was born.

According to Giacomo's memoirs, Gaetano suspected Michele Grimani, the

theater's proprietor, of being the actual father. The next year,

despite his promise, he and Zanetta went to London on a tour with a

popular Italian acting company, leaving Giacomo in the care of

Zanetta's mother. They eventually had five more children; Francesco

and Giovanni, who both became painters, Faustina Maddalena

(1731-1736), Maria Maddalena (1732-1800) and Gaetano Alvise

(1734-1783), who became a priest; born two months after his father

died.
Gaetano Casanova Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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