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    Faustina Bordoni (30 March 1697 – 4 November 1781) was an Italian mezzo-soprano. In Hamburg, Germany, the Johann Adolph Hasse Museum is dedicated to her...
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  • Alexandria Faustina Agolley, Australian television music presenter Faustina Acheampong, First Lady of the Republic of Ghana Faustina Bordoni (1697–1781)...
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  • mathematician Carlo Bordoni (born 1946), Italian sociologist and writer Faustina Bordoni (1697–1781), Italian mezzo-soprano Francesco Bordoni (1580–1654), Italian...
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    composed a considerable quantity of sacred music. Married to soprano Faustina Bordoni and a friend of librettist Pietro Metastasio, whose libretti he frequently...
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    superbia d'Alessandro. This was the first time the famous singers Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni appeared together in one of Handel's operas....
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    Haymarket Theatre in London on 31 January 1727. The original cast included Faustina Bordoni as Alcestis and Francesca Cuzzoni as Antigona, as Admeto was the second...
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  • Faustina Hasse is the name of one of the following persons: Faustina Hasse, born as Faustina Bordoni (1697–1781), Italian mezzo-soprano Faustina Hasse...
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    Ariodante, in which, for the first time, she appeared on the same stage as Faustina Bordoni, later her great rival. They also sang together in Venice the following...
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    singers, the castrato Senesino and the sopranos Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni. The story of the opera is a fictionalisation of some events in the...
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    such as Farinelli and Senesino, as well as female sopranos such as Faustina Bordoni, became in great demand throughout Europe as opera seria ruled the...
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    was premiered 31 January with Antonia Merighi as Queen Partenope and Faustina Bordoni as Rosmira. Vivaldi set Stampiglia's libretto as a pasticcio Rosmira...
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    Academy of Music and was written for the sopranos Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni. The opera uses an Italian-language libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym...
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    singers, the castrato Senesino and the sopranos Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni. The opera received its premiere at the King's Theatre in London on...
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    is derived, was performed as a stopgap, waiting for the arrival of Faustina Bordoni. In 1727, Handel was commissioned to write four anthems for the Coronation...
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    career as a prominent composer. He and his wife, the opera singer Faustina Bordoni, gained international prestige and played respected roles at the European...
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    Venetian artists. They include a fine pastel portrait of the opera singer Faustina Bordoni by Carriera. Another notable pastel portrait is that of Cecilia Guardi...
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    bought two paintings of Jennens (by Thomas Hudson) and the opera singer Faustina Bordoni (by Bartolomeo Nazari). In 2022 it was reported that Handel & Hendrix...
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  • lutenist-composer of the 18th century. He also studied voice with Faustina Bordoni-Hasse, and castrato Domenico Annibali. Bilohradsky eventually became...
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  • September 2013 Ferris, George Titus, Great Singers, First Series (Faustina Bordoni to Henrietta Sontag); Great Singers, Second Series (Malibran to Titiens)...
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    1779) Yunli, Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty (d. 1738) March 30 Faustina Bordoni, Italian mezzo-soprano (d. 1781) Jan Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor...
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    Venice Samuel Egerton Ca' Rezzonico Venice Old man in an eastern attire Faustina Bordoni Angelo Maria Quirini The Nazari-A Forgotten Family of Venetian Portrait...
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    December 1724 at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice, with Faustina Bordoni in the title role. The opera was Vinci's first success in Venice and...
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  • such as Vittoria Tesi, Caterina Gabrielli, Lucrezia Aguiari, and Faustina Bordoni. Other notable women of the period include painter Rosalba Carriera...
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    Antonio Bernacchi (Tamerlano), Marina Benta Bulgarelli (Asteria), Faustina Bordoni (Irene), Diana Vico (Andronico), Antonio Piasi (Clearco), Battista...
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  • Herman-François Delange October – Anton Zimmermann, composer November 4 – Faustina Bordoni, operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1697) date unknown – William Paxton, cellist...
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  • 88875141202) La prima diva: Arie per Faustina Bordoni is a 2014 CD (recorded 2013) on with arias composed for Faustina Bordoni, among which "Se amori ascolterò"...
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  • of Hasse, who arrived in Dresden in July 1731 with his famous wife, Faustina Bordoni-Hasse, the most brilliant female singer of the Baroque era. Shortly...
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    passionate and noble. Elisabeth Olin was compared to Francesca Cuzzoni, Faustina Bordoni and Caterina Gabrielli. She has been referred to as "Sweden's first...
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    Polpetta'' Antonio Castori, aka Castorini 2nd version: Dresden, 1740 Faustina Bordoni Domenico Annibali Ventura Rocchetti, aka Venturini Sofia Denner Giovanni...
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    Anna Maria Strada, and the mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni, who all performed in London for Händel. Bordoni and Cuzzoni maintained a strong rivalry between...
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