Carestini, Giovanni, 1700-1760?
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Name (Latin)
Carestini, Giovanni, 1700-1760?
Other forms of name
Cusanino, 1700-1760?
Date of birth
1705-12-13
Date of death
1760
Associated country
Italy
Occupation
Castrati
Contraltos
Sopranos (Singers)
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Bartoli, C. Sacrificium [SR] p2009:booklet, p. 56 (Carestini, Giovanni; c. 1704-c. 1760; famous castrato, also known as "Cusanino" after his patron, the Milanese cardinal Cusani)
- Der Sänger Giovanni Carestini (1700-1760) und "seine" Komponisten, 2000:t.p. (Giovanni Carestini) p. 57 (b. 13.12.1700) p. 152 (d. probably 1760)
- Diz. enc. universale della mus. e dei musicisti(Carestini, Giovanni (detto Il Cusanino); b. ca. 1705, d. 1760, Monte Filottrano, Ancona; Italian male soprano and alto)
- Grove music online, Apr. 6, 2010(Carestini, Giovanni (Cusanino); b. ca. 1704, Filottrano, nr. Ancona; d. ca. 1760, Filottrano?; Italian soprano, later alto, castrato)
- Kutsch/Riemens, 3. erw. Aufl.(Carestini, Giovanni; b. 1705, d. ca. 1760, Filottrano, nr. Ancona; alto/soprano (castrato))
- MGG, 2. Ausg.(Carestini, Giovanni Maria Bernardino; b. Dec. 13, 1700, Filottrano, nr. Ancona; d. May 1760, Bologna; singer (castrato))
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Giovanni Carestini
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Wikipedia description:
Giovanni Carestini (13 December 1700 in Filottrano, near Ancona – 1759 in Bologna) was an Italian castrato of the 18th century, who sang in the operas and oratorios of George Frideric Handel. He is also remembered as having sung for Johann Adolf Hasse and Christoph Willibald Gluck.
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