Adriano Valerini
Adriano Valerini was an Italian actor of Commedia dell'arte, active in Northern Italy.
He was born in Verona, and could read Latin and Greek. He was the head of a company of actors. In Milan, he fell under the censorship of Charles Borromeo. He has published a tragic play l'Afrodite, nearly one hundred madrigals, a funeral oration for the fellow comic and possible mistress Vincenza Armani, and the play Belleze di Verona. He was the father of Diana Ponti.
