Luigi Ricci-Stolz

Luigi Ricci-Stolz (185210 February 1906) was an Italian musician and composer.

He was born as Giacomo Ricci in Trieste, Austrian Empire, to composer Luigi Ricci and opera singer Francesca Stolz (1826–1900?), the elder sister of the famous Verdian diva Teresa Stolz. At the time Luigi Ricci was married to Ludmila Stolz (1826–1910), the identical twin sister of Francesca. Ricci-Stolz's uncle, Federico Ricci, was also a composer.

He inherited the estate of his aunt Teresa Stolz, and changed his name to Ricci-Stolz.

Ricci-Stolz was a conductor and composer. In addition to church music, songs and a string quartet, he also published a number of operas.

He died in Milan in 1906, aged 54.

Operas Sotterraneo di S. Sebastiano, set design for Cola di Rienzo act 1 scene 3 (undated). Frosina – Genoa, 1870 Cola di Rienzo – Venice, 1880 Un curioso accidente – Venice, 1880 Donna Ines – Piacenza, 1885 La coda del diavolo – Turin, 1885 Don Chisciotte (after Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote) – Venice, 1887 Il frutto proibito – Barcelona, 1888 Roma intangibile