Modern Castrato

Gaetano Guadagni and the Coming of a New Operatic Age

By Patricia Howard

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Publish Date

2014

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Language

eng

Pages

238

Description:

This is the first full-length biography of one of the most outstanding singers of the eighteenth century. Gaetano Guadagni is widely known for his creation of the role of Orpheus in Gluck's 'Orfeo ed Euridice'; he was also a leading singer in Handel's oratorios, and worked with other progressive composers such as Traetta, Jommelli and Bertoni. His career coincided with a movement to reform heroic opera, with the intention of freeing dramatic music from restrictive conventions, and bringing it into harmony with the more expressive aims of the age of sensibility.

subjects: Castrati, Biography, Castration, Italy, biography, Kastrat, Sänger, Castrats (chanteurs), Italie, Biographies

People: Gaetano Guadagni (1728-1792)

Places: Italy