![]() His first success as primo uomo (lead male singer) was in that composer's Il re pastore, in which he first sang the role of Agenore at the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, in the summer of 1769. Here, for the first time, he encountered the famous castrato Gaetano Guadagni, then at the height of his career.īy the late 1760s Pacchierotti was well established in Venice, both as an opera singer and member of the choir of St Mark's, where Galuppi was Director of Music. On this latter occasion he sang Acronte in Hasse's Romolo ed Ersilia on the occasion of the marriage of Peter Leopold of Habsburg-Lorraine, future Grand Duke of Tuscany and Holy Roman Emperor, and the Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain. ![]() He made further appearances under his assumed name in Venice (1764) and Innsbruck (1765). Under the stage name of Porfirio Pacchierotti, he made his début in Baldassare Galuppi's opera Le nozze di Dorina at the Teatro dei Nobili in Perugia during the carnival season of 1759, playing, as young castrati often did, a female role: Livietta. It is possible that he studied with Mario Bittoni, maestro di cappella in the cathedral of his home city, Fabriano. ![]() Gaspare Pacchierotti ( – 28 October 1821) was a mezzo-soprano castrato, and one of the most famous singers of his time.ĭetails of his early life are scarce. ![]()
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