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Antonio Bernacchi

Italian opera singer

Died when: 70 years 252 days (848 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Antonio Bernacchi

Antonio Maria Bernacchi (23 June 1685 – 1 March 1756) was an Italian castrato, composer, and teacher of singing.He studied with Francesco Antonio Pistocchi.

His pupils included Farinelli, for a brief period during 1727, and the tenor Anton Raaff.Nowadays Bernacchi is best remembered for his association with the composer George Frideric Handel, in six of whose operas he sang.


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