Nicola Porpora
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Nicola Antonio Giacinto Porpora was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students include
Unknown Neapolitan, Ritratto di Nicola Antonio Porpora, International Museum and Library of Bologna
The Music Party by Philippe Mercier, 1733: Frederick, Prince of Wales with his younger sisters Anne, Caroline and Amelia
Johann Adolph Hasse
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Johann Adolph Hasse was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co
Nicola Porpora
…teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students included composers Johann Adolph Hasse, Matteo Capranica and Joseph Haydn. Porpora was born in Naples, Italy. He graduated from the music conservatory Poveri di Gesù Cristo of his native…
Portrait of Hasse, 18th-century
Memorial to Hasse in front of his birth house in Hamburg-Bergedorf
Hasse in 1740, painted by Balthasar Denner
The grave of Hasse in the church of San Marcuola in Venice.