20:
180:
that his voice possessed only a limited range but considerable vocal virtuosity. Stepwise movement is often avoided in these arias, which consist of sudden, quick leaps. The character's roles contain very few slow or pathetic arias. In London his roles consisted of three arias, though the parts composed for him in Italy contain four to eight solo arias or duets.
179:
described
Berenstadt as an "evirato of a huge unwieldy figure". In operas, he usually took the role of villainous tyrants: it would seem that his physical bulk made him unsuitable as a portrayer of a young lover or a woman, and he never portrayed a female character. The arias composed for him show
163:
42 of
Berenstadt's letters survive. They are mostly concerned with his love of obscure books and fine arts: he was a frequent buyer and seller of both, and compiled an extensive library that contained many
160:. His final stage appearances were at Florence in 1734. He published some music in his last years, during which he also suffered from rheumatism. He died and was buried in Florence.
107:, was transposed up for Berenstadt's alto voice and in this revised version the character has three new arias composed for Berenstadt to sing. After returning to Italy to sing at
292:
287:
262:
272:
172:
described him as possessing "an excellent knowledge of our best authors and superb taste in the realms of
Italian poetry and eloquence".
267:
282:
116:
74:. By the end of his 27-year-long career Berenstadt had sung in 55 dramatic works, 33 of which were newly composed.
55:
197:
104:
71:
257:
252:
157:
144:
Berenstadt left London in 1724 and returned to Italy. In 1726 he began to sing music by well-known
82:
19:
277:
30:
201:
99:
176:
153:
246:
169:
121:
165:
138:
67:
97:
in 1717, where he performed the role of
Argante in a revival of Handel's
78:
52:
48:
34:
115:
Berenstadt came back to London in 1722 to sing for the composers of the
119:. It was at this time that he created the roles of Tolomeo in Handel's
90:
63:
133:
127:
94:
86:
25:
112:
59:
149:
108:
45:
194:
152:
and other
Italian cities. He created roles in three works by
44:(7 June 1687 – buried 9 December 1734) was an Italian
29:, featuring Berenstadt on the far right, the soprano
51:
who is best remembered for his association with the
58:. Berenstadt created roles in three of Handel's
8:
23:A caricature of a performance of Handel's
293:Musicians from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
189:Lowell Lindgren: "Berenstadt, Gaetano",
18:
232:
230:
228:
226:
224:
222:
220:
218:
214:
193:ed L. Macy (Accessed 31 January 2007),
7:
103:. The original bass part, sung by
14:
137:. He also performed in operas by
288:Italian people of German descent
263:18th-century Italian male actors
156:and two in new compositions by
131:, and the role of Adelberto in
1:
117:Royal Academy of Music (1719)
62:. Berenstadt's parents were
273:18th-century Italian people
309:
175:18th-century musicologist
168:. The librettist and poet
268:Italian male stage actors
77:Berenstadt was born in
204:, subscription access.
56:George Frideric Handel
38:
283:Italian opera singers
105:Giuseppe Maria Boschi
93:, Berenstadt visited
72:Grand Duke of Tuscany
22:
125:, the title role in
16:Italian opera singer
158:Johann Adolph Hasse
85:, after singing at
83:Francesco Pistocchi
66:and his father was
200:2008-05-16 at the
191:Grove Music Online
42:Gaetano Berenstadt
39:
33:in the centre and
31:Francesca Cuzzoni
300:
237:
234:
308:
307:
303:
302:
301:
299:
298:
297:
243:
242:
241:
240:
235:
216:
211:
202:Wayback Machine
186:
17:
12:
11:
5:
306:
304:
296:
295:
290:
285:
280:
275:
270:
265:
260:
255:
245:
244:
239:
238:
213:
212:
210:
207:
206:
205:
195:grovemusic.com
185:
182:
177:Charles Burney
154:Leonardo Vinci
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
305:
294:
291:
289:
286:
284:
281:
279:
276:
274:
271:
269:
266:
264:
261:
259:
256:
254:
251:
250:
248:
233:
231:
229:
227:
225:
223:
221:
219:
215:
208:
203:
199:
196:
192:
188:
187:
183:
181:
178:
173:
171:
170:Apostolo Zeno
167:
161:
159:
155:
151:
148:composers at
147:
142:
141:and Ariosti.
140:
136:
135:
130:
129:
124:
123:
122:Giulio Cesare
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
101:
96:
92:
88:
84:
81:. A pupil of
80:
75:
73:
69:
65:
61:
57:
54:
50:
47:
43:
36:
32:
28:
27:
21:
190:
174:
162:
145:
143:
132:
126:
120:
98:
76:
41:
40:
37:on the left.
24:
258:1734 deaths
253:1687 births
247:Categories
184:References
166:incunabula
139:Bononcini
68:timpanist
278:Castrati
198:Archived
79:Florence
53:composer
49:castrato
35:Senesino
100:Rinaldo
91:Bologna
70:to the
146:galant
134:Ottone
128:Flavio
95:London
87:Naples
64:German
60:operas
26:Flavio
236:Grove
209:Notes
113:Milan
150:Rome
111:and
109:Rome
89:and
46:alto
249::
217:^
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
