Thank you, Justin, for alerting me to the newspaper announcement of Radu Marian's April concert in Bath, U.K. Because it was not yet posted, I am doing so now:
"A concert to commemorate the career of one of the world's greatest 18th-century singers who spent the last years of his life in Bath, takes place at the abbey next month.
In the 18th century Venanzio Rauzzini was one of the world's great Italian castrati. Mozart wrote the famous
Exsultate Jubilate </B>just for him.
On Thursday, April 15 the male soprano Radu Marian makes his UK debut in Bath Abbey singing the famous Mozart work along with extracts from Mozart's opera
Lucio Silla </B>in which Rauzzini, for whom there is a commemorative plaque in the abbey, created the role of Cecilio in Milan in 1772.
The programme also includes a real rarity, Rauzzini's own composition
The Rose </B>. The evening is completed by
Mozart's Symphony No 29 </B>and Boccherini's
La Casa Diavolo </B>, performed by Bath Phil, now a leading professional orchestra in the South West of England.
Under the baton of Jason Thornton, Bath Phil has built a reputation for excellent music making in its busy programme of concerts at prominent venues, with a roster of in-demand international soloists.
The voice of Romanian/ Moldovan singer, Radu Marian, is part exceptional talent and part miracle-of-nature. A natural castrato, Marian's repertoire extends from Handel's cantatas for soprano to music written for his voice by contemporary composers such as René Clemencic and is the ideal performer to celebrate the life of Venanzio Rauzzini who died at 13 Gay Street 200 years ago in April.
Having been the star of Italian opera such a star of Italian opera and celebrated as one of the greatest castrati or counter tenors of his day, Rauzzini came to Bath as impresario on his retirement from the stage, and took over Bath's prestigious subscription concerts in the Lower Assembly Rooms in 1781.
He used his talents for composition, playing piano and harpsichord teaching and conducting and became the most sought after singing teacher in Britain. The plaque commemorating Rauzzini's life in Bath Abbey was erected by John Braham and Nancy Storace, the first Susannah in
The Marriage of Figaro </B>.
Much of Rauzzini's life is the stuff of legend, not all of it substantiated. He was, allegedly, conspicuously handsome.
Tickets for next month's concert cost from £5 to £28 from Bath Festivals box office. Call 01225 463362."
Radu Concert, Bath, England 
