Giovanni Manzuoli [SEP] voice type
Giovanni Manzuoli
Giovanni Manzuoli (Giovanni Manzoli) (1720–1782) was an Italian castrato who sang as a soprano at the beginning of his career, and later as a contralto.
History.
Born in Florence, Italy, Manzuoli began singing there in 1731. After performing in Verona in 1735, he relocated and performed in Naples until 1748, including at the recently built (1737) Teatro di San Carlo. He is documented as also singing and acting in the following locales for the years indicated:
- 1749–1752
Marianino") (c. 1715–1758)
- Giovanni Manzuoli (1720–1782)
- Gaetano Guadagni (1725–1792)
- Antonio Albanese (1729 or 1731–1800)
- Silvio Giorgetti (1733–c. 1802)
- Giusto Fernando Tenducci (ca. 1736–1790)
- Giuseppe Millico ("Il Muscovita") (1737–1802)
- Gasparo Pacchierotti (1740–1821)
- Venanzio Rauzzini (1746–1810)
- Luigi Marchesi ("Marchesini") (1754–1829)
- Vincenzo dal Prato (1756–1828)
- Girolamo Crescentini