(b Naples, 1805; d Prague, 1859). It. composer. From 1836 choirmaster of Trieste Cath. Cond. f.p. of Verdi's Il corsaro, Trieste 1848. Wrote some 30 operas, some in collab. with his brother Federico Ricci, incl. Crispino e la comare (Venice 1850, Wexford 1979), also masses, songs, etc.