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2 unusual facts about Francesca Cuzzoni


Francesca Cuzzoni

He created nine roles for her, the most famous today being Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare and the title-role in Rodelinda.

Opera of the Nobility

The company went bankrupt and was dissolved in 1737 (shortly after appointing Giovanni Battista Pescetti its musical director), but not before it had poached some of Handel's best singers such as Francesca Cuzzoni and Antonio Montagnana and forced his company into bankruptcy too.



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