Vittorio

[ vi-tawr-ee-oh, -tohr-; Italian veet-taw-ryaw ]

noun

1. a male given name, Italian form of Victor.

Example Sentences

Opera got away with using Gounod to feature sensation-making young singers: no less than Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón in 2005, Vittorio Grigolo with Nino Machaidze six years later.

From Los Angeles Times

And Vittorio Sgarbi - a junior minister - was forced to resign after facing allegations of illegally acquiring a valuable Renaissance painting.

From BBC

Or that France — a place where scandal-ridden artists have long found refuge — would step up to give Allen a picturesque backdrop, in this case for one of his murder-most-convenient tales à la “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” “Match Point” and “Irrational Man”? Here we are again in one of Allen’s high-toned milieus, jazz on the soundtrack and godlike cinematographer Vittorio Storaro lighting it all.

From Los Angeles Times

It was decided that the precious collection be shipped to the small Italian town of Salemi in Sicily, where enthusiastic local authorities, namely the mayor at the time, Vittorio Sgarbi, promised to make good use of it.

From Los Angeles Times

There are no shots of the lovers lying sex-drunk in bed, entwined in each other’s arms; only the amber light of Vittorio Storaro’s cinematography suggests there’s any heat in the room.

From New York Times