LC control no. | n 90708555 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Senesino, -1759? |
Variant(s) | Bernardi, Francesco, -1759? Senesino, d. 1759? |
Death date | 1759? |
Found in | Handel, G.F. Arias for Senesino [SR] p1987: insert, p. 3 (Senesino is stage nickname for Francesco Bernardi, an alto castrato; nickname derived from his birthplace Siena; active in London where he was a member of London's 1st opera co. from 1720-28) New Grove (Senesino (Bernardi, Francesco); b. Siena; d. ?Siena by 1-27-1759; Italian alto castrato; evidence of d. from diary of Florentine Nicolo Susier, who on 1-27-1759 noted that the death of Senesino had been reported from Siena) |