Zanetta

…Gaetano left behind Zanetta and five children, the oldest of whom was Giacomo, and a financial situation that was politely described as modest and less politely described as precarious.…

…His mother, Zanetta, was a young woman of considerable talent and even more considerable ambition, who within a few years of Giacomo's birth would become one of the most admired actresses in Europe, performing before royal courts and winning the kind, of social access that was normally completely closed to people of her background.…