Il pastor fido (Handel)
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Il pastor fido is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was set to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi based on the famed and widely familiar pastoral poem of the Il pastor fido by Giovan
The Queen's Theatre, London, where Il Pastor Fido had its first performance
Giovanni Carestini, who sang the role of Mirtillo in the 1734 revivals
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Caricature of Anna Maria Strada, who sang the role of Amarilli in the 1734 revivals
Valentino Urbani
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Valentino Urbani was an Italian mezzo-soprano or alto castrato who sang for the composer George Frideric Handel in the 18th century. He was known by the stage name Valentini. He sang the role of Eusta
Il pastor fido (Handel)
…the Habits [costumes] were old – the Opera short". The roles of Mirtillo and Silvio were originally sung by the castratos Valeriano Pellegrini and Valentino Urbani. The overture is in six movements and is long for its time: it is thought that it may have been originally composed as an unrelated orchestral suite…
An 18th-century caricature of Valentino Urbani made by Antonio Maria Zanetti