Casanova (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Casanova often refers to Giacomo Casanova
, an 18th-century Italian adventurer now best known for his legendary womanizing
. It may also refer to:
Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie , is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century...
, an 18th-century Italian adventurer now best known for his legendary womanizing
Promiscuity
In humans, promiscuity refers to less discriminating casual sex with many sexual partners. The term carries a moral or religious judgement and is viewed in the context of the mainstream social ideal for sexual activity to take place within exclusive committed relationships...
. It may also refer to:
People
- Corina CasanovaCorina CasanovaCorina Casanova is the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland.Born 1956 in Ilanz, Graubünden, Casanova worked as a lawyer in the practice of the former President of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, Giusep Nay, as well as a Red Cross delegate in South Africa, Angola, Nicaragua and El Salvador...
(born 1956), chancellor of Switzerland - Francesco Giuseppe CasanovaFrancesco Giuseppe CasanovaFrancesco Giuseppe Casanova was an Italian painter and a younger brother of Giacomo Casanova.Born in London, he trained in Venice under Francesco Guardi, then was a pupil of Francesco Simonini, a battle painter who took Borgognone as his model. Besides battle-pieces Casanova painted landscapes...
(1727–1803), Italian painter, brother of Giacomo Casanova - Giovanni Battista CasanovaGiovanni Battista CasanovaGiovanni Battista Casanova was an Italian painter and printmaker of the Neoclassic period. He was a brother of Giacomo Casanova and Francesco Giuseppe Casanova and was born at Venice...
(1730–1795), Italian painter, brother of Giacomo Casanova - Jean-Claude Casanova, chairman of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences PolitiquesFondation Nationale des Sciences PolitiquesFondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques , or FNSP, was created by ordinance of Charles de Gaulle in 1945 to manage the transition of École Libre des Sciences Politiques into Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris or IEP Paris The mission of the FNSP was then and is today the management of the...
- Len CasanovaLen CasanovaLeonard Joseph "Len" Casanova was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator...
(1905–2002), U.S. college football coach, member of the College Football Hall of Fame - Myriam CasanovaMyriam CasanovaMyriam Casanova is a professional female tennis player from Switzerland.She has been ranked as high as No.45 on the WTA Tour and has won one WTA singles titles in her career.-Singles :...
(born 1985), Swiss tennis player - Paul CasanovaPaul CasanovaPaulino Ortiz Casanova is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1965 to 1974 for the Washington Senators and Atlanta Braves.-Minor league career:...
(born 1941), Cuban baseball player - Rafael CasanovaRafael CasanovaRafael Casanova i Comes was a Catalan jurist, supporter of the Archduke Charles of Austria as a pretender to the Crown of Spain during the War of the Spanish succession...
(1660–1743), Conseller en Cap of the Consell de Cent of Barcelona during the siege of the city by the troops of Philip V of Spain - Raul CasanovaRaul CasanovaRaul Casanova was a Major League Baseball catcher from 1996 to 2008 with the exception of 1999 and 2006.-Minor leagues:He was drafted 220th overall, in the eighth round of the draft by the New York Mets....
(born 1972), Puerto Rican baseball player - Tommy CasanovaTommy CasanovaThomas Henry "Tommy" Casanova, III is an ophthalmologist in Crowley, Louisiana, and a former American football player and politician. He played football for the LSU Tigers and the Cincinnati Bengals...
(born 1950), U.S. football player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame, former Louisiana state senator
Media and performance arts
- Casanova (1918 film)Casanova (1918 film)Casanova is a 1918 Hungarian film directed by Alfréd Deésy and featuring Béla Lugosi.-Cast:* Péter Andorffy - Hilmer,gyáros* Viktor Costa* Norbert Dán - Roland herceg* Alfréd Deésy - Casanova* László Faludi - Molnárlegény* Tessza Fodor...
, a 1918 Hungarian film - Casanova, a 1928 operetta by Ralph BenatzkyRalph BenatzkyRalph Benatzky , Moravia, Austrian Empire – 16 October 1957), born in Moravské Budějovice as Rudolf Josef František Benatzki, was an Austrian composer of Czech origin...
, based on music by Johann Strauss II - Casanova (1971 TV serial)Casanova (1971 TV serial)Casanova is a British television drama serial, written by television playwright Dennis Potter. Directed by Mark Cullingham and John Glenister, the serial was made by the BBC and screened on the BBC2 network in November and December 1971. It is loosely based on Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova's...
, a BBC television serial - Casanova '73Casanova '73Casanova '73 was a short-lived British sitcom broadcast on BBC1 in 1973. It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and starred Leslie Phillips as Henry Newhouse...
, a BBC1 sitcom starring Leslie Phillips - Fellini's CasanovaFellini's CasanovaFellini's Casanova is a 1976 Italian film by director Federico Fellini, adapted from the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th century adventurer and writer....
, a 1976 feature film by Federico Fellini - Casanova (2005 TV serial)Casanova (2005 TV serial)Casanova is a 2005 British television comedy drama serial, written by television scriptwriter Russell T Davies and directed by Sheree Folkson...
, a 2005 BBC Television serial starring David Tennant - Casanova (2005 film), a 2005 feature film starring Heath Ledger
- Casanova (comics), a 2006 espionage comic book
- Casanovva, an upcoming Malayalam film
Music
- Casanova (album)Casanova (album)Casanova is The Divine Comedy's fourth album. It was the band's commercial breakthrough. It was released on Setanta and certified gold in the UK in July 1997. This was helped by the release of The Divine Comedy's first single "Something for the Weekend" which reached number 13 on the charts...
, a 1996 The Divine Comedy album - "Casanova" (song)Casanova (song)"Casanova" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, performed in Norwegian by Anita Skorgan.The song is an up-tempo number, with Skorgan describing her husband, who is absent at the time. She is uncomplimentary about this, singing that he sees himself as a Casanova or a Don Juan...
, a 1977 song by Anita Skorgan - "Casanova" (Luv' song)Casanova (Luv' song)"Casanova" is the sixth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the spring of 1979 by Philips Records. This song appears on the formation's second album, Lots Of Luv, and was a Top 10 single in a large part of Continental Europe, maintaining Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of...
, a 1979 European hit single by the girl group Luv' - "Casanova" (LeVert song)Casanova (LeVert song)"Casanova" is a 1987 single by LeVert. The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number nine on the UK Singles Chart, their only top ten on either chart. The single also peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart for two weeks, becoming Levert's...
, a 1987 pop/soul hit single by LeVert - "Casanova" (Gisela song)Casanova (Gisela song)"Casanova" is a song by Spanish singer Gisela. It was chosen to represent Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. It is sung in English, although it features one line in Catalan....
, a 2008 Eurovision song by Gisela, representing Andorra - "Casanova", a song on the Roxy Music album Country Life
- "Casanova", a song on Peaches's album The Teaches of PeachesThe Teaches of PeachesThe Teaches of Peaches is the second studio album by Canadian recording artist Peaches, and her first under the stage name Peaches. It was released on September 5, 2000 by Kitty-Yo...
- Casanova, a concerto for cello and wind orchestra by Johan de MeijJohan de MeijJohannes Abraham de Meij is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his Symphony No. 1, nicknamed "The Lord of the Rings" symphony.- Biography :...
- Casanova, both a 1985 album by the group Rondò VenezianoRondò VenezianoRondò Veneziano is an Italian chamber orchestra, specializing in Baroque music, playing original instruments, but incorporating a rock-style rhythm section of synthesizer, bass guitar and drums, led by Maestro Gian Piero Reverberi, who is also the principal composer of all of the original Rondo...
and a track on it - "Casanova, Baby!", a song on the Gaslight Anthem album The '59 SoundThe '59 SoundThe '59 Sound is the second studio album by The Gaslight Anthem, released on August 19, 2008 on SideOneDummy Records.In December 2008, eMusic named The '59 Sound the best album of 2008. NME rated it as the 47th best album of the year...
Places
- Casanova, Haute-CorseCasanova, Haute-CorseCasanova is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.-Population:-References:*...
, a commune of the Haute-Corse département of France, on the island of Corsica - Casanova, VirginiaCasanova, VirginiaCasanova is a small unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States at the intersection of Casanova Rd and Rogues Rd. It is also the location of its own post office, with the zip code 20139. It is home to a local winery....
, unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States