Francesca Cuzzoni (1700 - 1770) was an Italiansoprano. In her youth, she studied with Francesco Lanzi. Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... 1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Look up soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Cuzzoni once refused to sing an aria from Handel's Ottone, despite the fact that Handel was the conductor and accompanist. Handel, as demanding as Cuzzoni, felt that she should be dangled upside down from a window until she agreed to sing his work. This article is about the musical term aria. ... George Frideric Handel, 1733 George Frideric Handel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a German/British Baroque composer who was a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios. ... Ottone, de di Germania (Otho, King of Germany) is a opera by Handel composed in 1723. ...
Cuzzoni was known as a prima donna: on occasion she physically attacked rivals on the stage. Look up Prima donna on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Originally used in opera companies, prima donna is Italian for first lady. ...
Cuzzoni's main rival was Faustina Bordoni, and their rivalry is satirised in John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera".
Zeitlin, Judith T. Francesca Caccini: "A Soprano Subjectivity: Vocality, Power, and the Compositional Voice of Francesca Caccini" in Crossing boundaries : attending to early modern women / edited by Jane
Topic 1: The Rise of the Divas in HandelOpera: Faustina Bordoni Hasse and FrancescaCuzzoni:
"FrancescaCuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni: The Rival Queens" in LaRue, C. Steven.
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