Corsican Influence in Puerto Rican and Popular Culture
Besides having distinguished careers in agriculture and the military, Puerto Ricans of Corsican descent have made many other contributions to the Puerto Rican way of life. Their contributions can be found, but are not limited to, the fields of education, commerce, politics and entertainment. The Vivoni family has four notable members, they are Carlos Vivoni, the former Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce, former Secretary of Housing; Pedro Santos Vivoni the first Mayor of Lajas, Pierre Vivoni, a Judge and former Police Commissioner and Jose Antonio Vivoni Ramirez de Arellano, the former Mayor of San German.
Other Puerto Ricans of Corsican descent who have led notable political careers were Ernesto Ramos Antonini was the first President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico and co-founder of the Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico (Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico);Jaime Fuster Berlingeri an associate justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and former Resident Commissioner; Jorge Farinacci, the head of Puerto Rican Socialist Party and Jorge Santini, the Mayor of San Juan.
One of the first Puerto Rican entertainers to achieve world-wide fame was Antonio Paoli, an opera singer known as "The King of Tenors" and as "The Tenor of Kings." He was the first operatic artist to record an entire opera when he participated in a performance of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo in Italy in 1907. The Palmieri brothers, Charlie and Eddie Palmieri were band leaders in the United States and Rock N Roll Hall of Famer Joe Negroni was a member of the rock and roll group The Teenagers. Both Americo Boschetti. and Vicente Carattini were singers and composers. Carattini composed Puerto Rican Christmas related songs. Carmen Delia Dipini was also a notable of singer of boleros.
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