- Giovanni Cesari
Giovanni Cesari (
25 June 1843 -10 March 1904 ) was an Italian singer with a "soprano acuto", or highsoprano voice.Together with
Alessandro Moreschi ,Domenico Salvatori andDomenico Mustafà , Cesari was a famouscastrato singer of the late 19th century. Born in the town ofFrosinone , he was dropped off at an orphanage in 1852 by his parents. Here he started his musical education under the direction ofGaetano Capocci , financed by the Sistine Chapel. He was then admitted, upon completing his studies, as a soprano to theCappella Sistina at the age of 17 in 1861. Cesari was overall a remarkable soprano, and although he possessed a veiled voice, he was a master of song with an optimal intonation and an exquisite thrill.In addition to being a soprano at the Cappella Sistina, he was also director of sacred music at several churches of Rome (Santa Lucia al Gonfalone,
Santo Spirito in Sassia , etc.), and he used to arrange concerts in Rome. In 1896 he was promoted to vice-director of the Cappella, sometimes substituting for the older maestroDomenico Mustafa . He died prematurely in Rome in 1904.His voice can be heard, rather faintly, together with those of the other choristers on the 1902 recordings made by
Gaisberg .External links
* [http://giovanni-cesari.biography.ms/ Short biography]
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