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Alessandro Moreschi was born on 11 November 1858 to Luigi Lorenzo Moreschi (1840–1897) and Rosa Maria Potelli, a Roman Catholic family in the town of Monte Compatri in the Papal States, near Frascati ().
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Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922), soprano castrato, known as the angel of Rome "because of vocal purity [99] Gaspare Pacchierotti (1740–1821), soprano castrato, one of the most famous singers of his time; Senesino (1686–1758), contralto castrato, renowned for his power and his skill in both coloratura and expressive singing
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Alessandro Moreschi (November 1858 – 1922), was a castrato singer. Known as "the angel of Rome" because of vocal purity. Giacomo Puccini (December 1858 – 1924), was an opera composer. He ranks as one of the greatest opera composers of all time. Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), was an operatic composer.
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Alessandro Moreschi, the last of the Sistine castrati. By the late 18th century, changes in operatic taste and social attitudes spelled the end for castrati. They lingered on past the end of the ancien régime, which their style of opera parallels, and two of their number, Pacchierotti and Crescentini, performed before Napoleon.
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