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Giovanni Cesari (25 June 1843 - 10 March 1904) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 singer with a soprano acuto, or high soprano
Soprano

A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four part chorale style harmony the soprano takes the highest part which usually encompasses the melody....
 voice.

Together with Alessandro Moreschi
Alessandro Moreschi

Alessandro Moreschi was the most famous castrato singer of the late 19th century, and the only castrato of the classic bel canto tradition to make solo sound recordings....
, Domenico Salvatori
Domenico Salvatori

Domenico Salvatori along with Alessandro Moreschi, Domenico Mustaf? and Giovanni Cesari, was one of the famous Castrato singers of the late 19th century....
 and Domenico Mustafà
Domenico Mustafa

Domenico Mustaf? was an Italians castrato singer, composer and choir director. He was born in the comune of Sellano, province of Perugia.Domenico Mustaf? was a famous soprano castrato with the Sistine Chapel in the vatican City....
, Cesari was a famous castrato
Castrato

A castrato is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto human voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinology condition, never reaches sexual maturity....
 singer of the late 19th century. Born in the town of Frosinone
Frosinone

Frosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the Capital of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1....
, he was dropped off at an orphanage in 1852 by his parents.






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Giovanni Cesari
Giovanni Cesari (25 June 1843 - 10 March 1904) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 singer with a soprano acuto, or high soprano
Soprano

A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four part chorale style harmony the soprano takes the highest part which usually encompasses the melody....
 voice.

Together with Alessandro Moreschi
Alessandro Moreschi

Alessandro Moreschi was the most famous castrato singer of the late 19th century, and the only castrato of the classic bel canto tradition to make solo sound recordings....
, Domenico Salvatori
Domenico Salvatori

Domenico Salvatori along with Alessandro Moreschi, Domenico Mustaf? and Giovanni Cesari, was one of the famous Castrato singers of the late 19th century....
 and Domenico Mustafà
Domenico Mustafa

Domenico Mustaf? was an Italians castrato singer, composer and choir director. He was born in the comune of Sellano, province of Perugia.Domenico Mustaf? was a famous soprano castrato with the Sistine Chapel in the vatican City....
, Cesari was a famous castrato
Castrato

A castrato is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto human voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinology condition, never reaches sexual maturity....
 singer of the late 19th century. Born in the town of Frosinone
Frosinone

Frosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the Capital of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1....
, he was dropped off at an orphanage in 1852 by his parents. Here he started his musical education under the direction of Gaetano Capocci
Gaetano Capocci

Gaetano Capocci was a composer and maestro.Capocci was born in Rome. As a boy he studied the organ under Sante Pascoli, organist of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, and he completed his musical studies under Valentino Fioravanti and Francesco Cianciarelli....
, financed by the Sistine Chapel. He was then admitted, upon completing his studies, as a soprano to the Cappella Sistina at the age of 17 in 1861. Cesari was overall a remarkable soprano, and although he possessed a veiled voice, he was a master of song with an optimal intonation and an exquisite thrill.

In addition to being a soprano at the Cappella Sistina, he was also director of sacred music at several churches of Rome (Santa Lucia al Gonfalone, Santo Spirito in Sassia
Santo Spirito in Sassia

Santo Spirito in Sassia is a 12th century basilica churches in Rome Rome.The church stands on the site of King Ine of Wessex's Schola Sacorum or Saxon School, a charitable institution for Saxon pilgrims....
, etc.), and he used to arrange concerts in Rome. In 1896 he was promoted to vice-director of the Cappella, sometimes substituting for the older maestro Domenico Mustafa
Domenico Mustafa

Domenico Mustaf? was an Italians castrato singer, composer and choir director. He was born in the comune of Sellano, province of Perugia.Domenico Mustaf? was a famous soprano castrato with the Sistine Chapel in the vatican City....
. He died prematurely in Rome in 1904.

His voice can be heard, rather faintly, together with those of the other choristers on the 1902 recordings made by Gaisberg
Gaisberg

Gaisberg is a mountain to the east of Salzburg, Austria. It belongs to the Osterhorngruppe between the Lammertal valley and the Wolfgangsee. A public bus route starting from the Mirabellplatz square links the popular destination for winter sport, hiking, mountain biking, and paragliding to the city centre....
.

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