Farinelli
Italian castrato singer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 1994 biopic about this singer, see Farinelli (film).
"Carlo Broschi" redirects here. For the opera of this name, see La part du diable.
Farinelli (Italian pronunciation: [fariˈnɛlli]; 24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782)[lower-alpha 1] was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi (pronounced [ˈkarlo ˈbrɔski]), a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera.[1] Farinelli has been described as having had soprano vocal range and as having sung the highest note customary at the time, C6.