October 1686 – 27 November 1758), known as Senesino (pronounced [seneˈziːno] or traditionally [seneˈsiːno]), was an Italian contralto castrato, particularly...

18th-century Europe (except France), singers such as Ferri, Farinelli, Senesino and Pacchierotti became the first operatic superstars, earning enormous...

Broschi), while Senesino sang "Pallido il sole" (music by Hasse). Of "Per questo dolce amplesso", Charles Burney reported: "Senesino had the part of a...

overshadowed by a scandal in February 1724 involving the Italian castrato Senesino and Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough. Having secretly married...

Ming dynasty, considered the most powerful eunuch in Chinese history. Senesino (1686–1758): Italian contralto castrato singer. Farinelli (1705–1782):...

The roles of Cesare and Cleopatra were originally sung by the castrato Senesino and the famous soprano Francesca Cuzzoni respectively. Handel composed...

Senesino, the famous castrato from Siena...

necessary to a drama. But Handel was placed in a pulpit ... by him sat Senesino, Strada, Bertolli and Turner Robinson [stars of the Italian opera] in their...

Nicola Porpora. Though Farinelli did not sing for Handel, his main rival, Senesino, did. Opera seria acquired definitive form early during the 1720s. While...

Bavaria (d. 1679) 1638 – Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter (d. 1709) 1686 – Senesino, Italian singer and actor (d. 1758) 1692 – Anne Claude de Caylus, French...