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Gaetano Baerenstadt, contralto castrato
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| Category | Castrati | | Original Filesize | 43.1 KB | Original Dimensions | 252 x 378 | | Date Posted | 4th December 2009 | Number Of Views | 1071 | | Title | Gaetano Baerenstadt, contralto castrato | | Description | Gaetano Baerenstadt , contralto castrato (1687-1734). Although his parents were German, he was born in Florence. He sang for twenty-seven years in fifty-five operas, including three for Handel. Although Handel originallly wrote the role of Argante in Rinaldo for bass, Handel transposed it to alto for Berenstadt and added three arias for him. sfk | |
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