Valentino Urbani
Valentino Urbani , also known by his stage name Valentini , (* around 1660 Udine ; † 18th century) was an Italian castrato singer. First he sang alto, later tenor.
Urbani was a student of Francesco Antonio Pistocchi .
Urbani was active as a singer in the period from 1690 to 1722. He first entered the service of the Duke of Mantua. The first appearances in Venice and Parma can be proven around 1690. From 1707 he performed in London. He can still be traced there in 1715. Among other things, he performed the opera Love's Triumph there in 1708 , an arrangement of Francesco Gasparini's Il trionfo d'amore with additional choirs and dances and an English text by P. A. Motteux. However, the production was unsuccessful.
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- Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Valentini. 12th completely revised edition. 2. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1961, p. 831 (first edition: 1882).
Web links
Commons : Valentino Urbani - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Valentino Urbani in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Year of birth according to VIAF.
- ↑ a b c Riemann Music Lexicon. 1961. Valentini.
- ↑ a b c d e Winton Dean : Valentini. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urbani, Valentino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valentini |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Castrato singer alto and tenor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1660 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Udine |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century |