Caffarelli

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Caffarelli [ Majorano, Gaetano] (b Bitonto, 1710; d Naples, 1783). It. mezzo-soprano castrato. Début Rome 1726. Sang in prin. It. opera-houses from 1729 but chiefly in Naples. Sang in London 1737–8, creating title-roles in Handel's Faramondo and Serse.

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