Farinelli
1705 to 1782
11 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Farinelli across 6 places, from 1732 to 1782. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi, who performed under the stage name Farinelli (24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782), was a celebrated Italian castrato singer, composer, and musician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Farinelli was documented, and when
1732year
Bolognaattested
“Farinelli returned to Italy where he lived out his days at the beautiful villa he had built outside Bologna (he had acquired citizenship of that city as well as the necessary land as long ago as 1732).”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1732year
Italyattested
“Farinelli returned to Italy where he lived out his days at the beautiful villa he had built outside Bologna (he had acquired citizenship of that city as well as the necessary land as long ago as 1732).”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1734year
Italyattested
“After further seasons in Italy, and another visit to Vienna, during which he sang in oratorios in the Imperial chapel, Farinelli came to London in 1734.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1734year
Viennaattested
“After further seasons in Italy, and another visit to Vienna, during which he sang in oratorios in the Imperial chapel, Farinelli came to London in 1734.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1734year
Londonattested
“After further seasons in Italy, and another visit to Vienna, during which he sang in oratorios in the Imperial chapel, Farinelli came to London in 1734.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1737year
Londonattested
“Nonetheless, he was still under contract in London in the summer of 1737 when he received a summons, via Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, Secretary of the Spanish Embassy there, to visit the Spanish court.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1738year
Madridattested
“In 1738, he may have assisted in arranging for the visit of an entire Italian opera company to Madrid, beginning a fashion for opera seria in Madrid.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1761year
Bolognaattested
“Farinelli lived in Bologna from 1761 until his death.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1770 to 1773period
Londonattested
“Sacchi's source for this must have been Charles Burney's notes on his visit to Farinelli in 1770, published in London in 1773 in The present state of music in France and Italy..., here pp.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1770 to 1773period
Franceattested
“Sacchi's source for this must have been Charles Burney's notes on his visit to Farinelli in 1770, published in London in 1773 in The present state of music in France and Italy..., here pp.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
16 September 1782exact date
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Places Farinelli is documented in
Bologna3 presences · 1732 to 1782London3 presences · 1734 to 1770Italy2 presences · 1732 to 1734France1 presence · 1770Madrid1 presence · 1738Vienna1 presence · 1734
Other places tied to Farinelli in the record
In each of these, a source puts Farinelli and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Farinelli was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1707 to 1712period
Andriamentioned
“From 1707, the Broschi family lived in the coastal city of Barletta, a few miles from Andria, but at the end of 1711, they made the much longer move to the capital city of Naples, where, in 1712 Carlo's elder brother Riccardo was enrolle…”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1722year
Romementioned
“In 1722, he first sang in Rome in Porpora's Flavio Anicio Olibrio, as well as taking the female lead in Sofonisba by Luca Antonio Predieri.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1724year
Viennamentioned
“In 1724, Farinelli made his first appearance in Vienna, at the invitation of Prince Luigi Pio di Savoia, director of the Imperial Theatre.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1726year
Parmamentioned
“In 1726, Farinelli performed in Parma and Milan, where Johann Joachim Quantz heard him and commented: "Farinelli had a penetrating, full, rich, bright and well-modulated soprano voice, with a range at that time from the A below middle C…”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1727year
Bolognamentioned
“Farinelli sang at Bologna in 1727, where he met the famous castrato Antonio Bernacchi, twenty years his senior.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1728year
Viennamentioned
“In 1728, as well as performing in Torri's Nicomede at the Munich court, Farinelli performed another concert before the Emperor in Vienna.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1728year
Munichmentioned
“In 1728, as well as performing in Torri's Nicomede at the Munich court, Farinelli performed another concert before the Emperor in Vienna.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1729year
Venicementioned
“In 1729, during the Carnival season in Venice, he sang in two works by Metastasio: as Arbace in Metastasio's Catone in Utica (music by Leonardo Leo) and Mirteo in Semiramide Riconosciuta (music by Porpora).”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1729year
Spainmentioned
“Scarlatti had been her music master when she was a princess in Lisbon and followed her to Spain after her marriage in 1729.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1729year
Lisbonmentioned
“Scarlatti had been her music master when she was a princess in Lisbon and followed her to Spain after her marriage in 1729.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
January 1730month
Venicementioned
“George Frideric Handel was also keen to engage Farinelli for his company in London, and while in Venice in January 1730, tried unsuccessfully to meet him.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
January 1730month
Londonmentioned
“George Frideric Handel was also keen to engage Farinelli for his company in London, and while in Venice in January 1730, tried unsuccessfully to meet him.”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1730 to 1782period
Florencementioned
“The inventory of his estate includes a collection of seven keyboard instruments in which he took great delight, especially a piano made in Florence in 1730 (called in the will ), inherited from Queen Maria Bárbara, and violins by Stradiv…”
source: Wikipedia: Farinelli
1731year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Christoph Willibald GluckVienna · 1734Jacopo AmigoniLondon · 1734Georg ForsterLondon · 1770Caroline of AnsbachLondon · 1737Samuel JohnsonLondon · 1737John HarrisonLondon · 1737
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