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2. Fra Diavolo - Wikipedia

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   Fra Diavolo (lit.Brother Devil; 7 April 1771–11 November 1806), is the popular name given to Michele Pezza, a guerrilla leader who resisted the French occupation of Naples, proving an "inspirational practitioner of popular insurrection". [1]

3. The Adventures of Fra Diavolo - Wikipedia

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   Michele Pezza is a brigand known as "Fra Diavolo" and fights with his "masses" in the mountains of Campania to drive the French out of the Kingdom of Naples. Having succeeded, thanks to his courage and skill in both military and espionage, the new Neapolitan government lavishes him with honors and appoints him colonel of the regular army.

4. Fra Diavolo (opera) - Wikipedia

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   It is loosely based on the life of the Itrani guerrilla leader Michele Pezza, active in southern Italy in the period 1800-1806, who went under the name of Fra Diavolo ("Brother Devil"). The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Ventadour in Paris on 28 January 1830 and an Italian version was prepared by Auber and Scribe ...

5. Invasion of Naples (1806) - Wikipedia

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   At length, Smith's squadron arrived at Gaeta and dropped off food, four heavy cannons, and the partisan leader Michele Pezza, also known as Fra Diavolo. Smith also ordered some gunboats under Captain Richardson to stand by the fortress, a reinforcement which proved troublesome to the enemy. [50]

6. Siege of Gaeta (1806) - Wikipedia

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   At length, Smith's squadron arrived at Gaeta and dropped off food, four heavy cannons, and the partisan leader Michele Pezza, also known as Fra Diavolo. Smith also ordered some gunboats under Captain Richardson to stand by the fortress, a reinforcement that proved troublesome to the enemy. [27]

7. Bodies of all 10 victims of Alaska plane crash have been ...

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   Karina Tsui and Michelle Watson, CNN February 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM The bodies of all 10 people who were killed when a regional airline flight crashed off the coast of western Alaska have been ...

8. Lea Michele Shares Trip to See “Wicked” on Broadway with Her ...

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   Lea Michele is enjoying a mommy moment! On Sunday, Jan. 29, the actress, 38, revealed that she and her son Ever Leo, 4, went to watch Wicked on Broadway. Sharing a photo on her Instagram Stories ...

9. Pezza (surname) - Wikipedia

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