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    Alessandro Moreschi (11 November 1858 – 21 April 1922) was an Italian chorister of the late 19th century and the only castrato to make solo recordings...
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    according to the most ancient usage of the Church." A castrato singing Alessandro Moreschi performs part of Eugenio Terziani's Hostias et preces Problems playing...
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  • Moreschi is an Italian surname that may refer to the following: Alessandro Moreschi, the last of the castrati Gabriela Gonçalves Dias Moreschi (born 1994)...
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  • Italian footballer Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510–1537), ruler of Florence from 1530 to 1537 Alessandro Moreschi (1898–1922), only castrato...
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  • Domenico Salvatori (27 September 1855 – 11 December 1909) along with Alessandro Moreschi, Domenico Mustafà and Giovanni Cesari, was one of the famous castrati...
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  • haute-contre, and the castrato. The last "true" castrato singer, Alessandro Moreschi, died in 1922. "Vesti la giubba" "Vesti la giubba" as performed by...
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  • singer with a soprano acuto, or high soprano voice. Together with Alessandro Moreschi, Domenico Salvatori and Domenico Mustafà, Cesari was a famous castrato...
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    Moderato, pedal markings for the pianist, and dynamic markings. Alessandro Moreschi, one of the last castrato singers, performed "Ave Maria" and several...
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  • the hiring of new castrati by the church. The last castrato was Alessandro Moreschi, who served in the Sistine Chapel Choir. Children are able to sing...
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    tourists, serving also as a museum in his memory. Giovanni Cesari Alessandro Moreschi Domenico Salvatori Italian Who's Who page. Paula Findlen; Wendy Wassyng...
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    existing sound recording of a castrato singer documents the voice of Alessandro Moreschi, the last eunuch in the Sistine Chapel Choir, who died in 1922. This...
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    Mustafa who had retired from singing—Domenico Salvatori (1855–1909), Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922), Giovanni Cesari (1843–1904), Vincenzo Sebastianelli...
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    Senesino, Carestini, and Caffarelli. The last true castrato was Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922) who served in the Sistine Chapel Choir. It was not until...
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  • over eerie noises and the "long shadows" loop, which is a sample of Alessandro Moreschi, the only castrato who made recordings, singing "Domine, Domine"...
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    Council of Ceylon and 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922), Italian castrato singer Aleksandr Nikolayev (disambiguation)...
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  • Gaisberg was the only record producer to record a castrato singer (Alessandro Moreschi of the Sistine Chapel choir), and the first person to produce recordings...
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  • reproduction of the voice of Alessandro Moreschi, the last known European castrato. Amis disagreed with the proposition that Moreschi's performance could be considered...
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    il decimo romanzo di Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher - Quotidiano sociale. Cecilia Moreschi. Biography. Media related to Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher at Wikimedia...
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    yet Tosti never composed opera. Notable examples on record include Alessandro Moreschi (the only castrato ever recorded) singing "Ideale", Mattia Battistini...
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  • signer of the Albanian Declaration of Independence 28 November 1912 Alessandro Moreschi 21 April 1922(1922-04-21) (aged 63) Last castrato 1913 Courtney Letts...
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    the beginning of the 20th century: the voice of the last castrato, Alessandro Moreschi, could be recorded on phonograph. —Menéndez Torrellas (2013, p. 69)...
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    *Lot: Altopiano vecchio, reparto Monte, riquadro 23, tomba n. 5* Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922), last surviving castrato at the time of his death *Lot:...
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    philosopher and mathematician Cardinal Pompeo Colonna (1479–1530) Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922) last castrato singer in the Sistine Chapel Calahorra...
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  • of Rome may refer to: Samael, guardian angel of the city of Rome Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato singer Pankratius Pfeiffer, Catholic priest and...
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  • Willibald Gluck, he performed in all the latter's reform operas. Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922), soprano castrato, known as the angel of Rome "because...
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    non-operatic prominence through the hugely successful French thriller Diva. Alessandro Moreschi (November 1858 – 1922), was a castrato singer. Known as "the angel...
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  • Responsori for Holy Week. At San Salvatore in Lauro he taught castrati Alessandro Moreschi and Giovanni Cesari. His son Filippo Capocci (1840–1911) succeeded...
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  • 1976 ISBN 9780224013055 Inspired by Amis's hearing of the castrato Alessandro Moreschi; the lead character is a choir boy who undergoes castration Oskar...
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    November 9 – John Stromberg, composer (died 1902) November 11 — Alessandro Moreschi, castrato singer (died 1922) December 22 — Giacomo Puccini, composer...
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  • violinist, composer and teacher (b. 1878; pneumonia) April 21 – Alessandro Moreschi, the last known castrato singer of the Vatican.(b. 1858; pneumonia)...
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