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'''Giovanni Francesco Grossi''' (12 February 1653 – 29 May 1697), one of the greatest [[Italy|Italian]] singers of the age of ''[[bel canto]]'', better known as '''Siface''', was born at [[Pescia]] in [[Tuscany]]. |
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He entered the papal chapel in 1675, and later sang at [[Venice]]. He derived his nickname of Siface from his impersonation of that character in [[Francesco Cavalli|Cavalli]]'s opera, [[Scipione affricano]]. It has generally been said that he appeared as Siface in [[Alessandro Scarlatti]]'s ''Mitridate'', but the confusion is due to his having sung the part of Mitridate in Scarlatti's ''Pompeo at Naples'' in 1683. |
He entered the papal chapel in 1675, and later sang at [[Venice]]. He derived his nickname of Siface from his impersonation of that character in [[Francesco Cavalli|Cavalli]]'s opera, [[Scipione affricano]]. It has generally been said that he appeared as Siface in [[Alessandro Scarlatti]]'s ''Mitridate'', but the confusion is due to his having sung the part of Mitridate in Scarlatti's ''Pompeo at Naples'' in 1683. |
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Giovanni Francesco Grossi (12 February 1653 – 29 May 1697), one of the greatest Italian singers of the age of bel canto, better known as Siface, was born at Pescia in Tuscany.
He entered the papal chapel in 1675, and later sang at Venice. He derived his nickname of Siface from his impersonation of that character in Cavalli's opera, Scipione affricano. It has generally been said that he appeared as Siface in Alessandro Scarlatti's Mitridate, but the confusion is due to his having sung the part of Mitridate in Scarlatti's Pompeo at Naples in 1683.
In 1687 he was sent to London by the duke of Modena, to become a member of the chapel of James II. He probably did much for the introduction of Italian music into England, but soon left the country on account of the climate. Among Purcell's harpsichord music is an air entitled Sefauchi's Farewell. He was murdered in 1697 on the road between Bologna and Ferrara, probably by the agents of a nobleman with whose wife he had a liaison.
See Corrado Ricci's Vita Barocca (Milan, 1904).
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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