Friday, April 15, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Listen to the sounds of the great 18th Century mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni on this wonderful recording. You will hear songs by great opera composers such as George Frederic Handel and Johann Adolph Hasse.
"Faustina Bordoni: Faces of a Prima Donna." Opera Today. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
This is a magnificent portrait of the one and only Faustina Bordoni, aka, me. I was also known as the “New Siren.” I was one of the most famous opera singers of the 18th century.
"Portrait of Faustina Bordoni Hasse." Foroxerbar. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
<www.foroxerbar.com/viewtopic.php?t=6739>.
This is a portrait of Johann Adolf Hasse. Hasse was a famous opera composer and was also my husband. We were a very talented couple.
"Johann Adolph Hasse: Antonio e Cleopatra." Opera Today. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
<www.operatoday.com/.../12/johann_adolph_h.php>.
This is a picture of George Frederic Handel who was a famous baroque opera composer and was considered one of the best musicians of his time. I worked as part of Handel’s “dream team” at the Royal Academy of Music in London and starred in many of his operas.
"Georg Friedrich Händel." Georg Frideric Handel - Georg Friedrich Händel
(Composer). Web. 15 Mar 2011. <www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Handel.htm>.
I played the role of Emira in Handel’s opera, Siroe. This is the sheet music for
one of the songs from the opera.
"Handel: 45 Arias From Operas And Oratorios Volume 1 (Low Voice)." Free-
Scores.com. Web. 23 Mar 2011. <di-arezzo.co.uk.
George Fredric Handel sheet music Ch'io mai vi possa (Siroe).
George T. Ferris was a famous author who wrote about the great opera singers of his time. Ferris’s book, published in 1891 included a detailed chapter about the singing career of me.
"Great Singers: Faustina Bordoni to Henrietta Sontag." Appolicious. Andrews UK
Limited, November 01, 2010. Web. 15 Mar 2011.
<www.appolicious.com/music/apps/416546-great-s...>.
I was considered very beautiful during her time. I had many loyal fans throughout Europe and was considered one of the most popular singers of her time.
"Faustina Bordoni." www.foroxerbar.com/viewtopic.php?t=6739. Web. 15 Mar 2011.
<www.www.foroxerbar.com/viewtopic.php?t=6739.com/viewtopic.php?t=6739>.
Venice, Italy was a very beautiful city where I was raised. Also I starred in many operas in Venice, Italy. Venice was one of the main European cities that supported art, music, and literature.
"Venice Italy." MERCHANT OF VENICE . Web. 15 Mar 2011.
<www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24132959>.
Francesca Cuzzoni was my arch rival. We were both part of Handel’s Royal Academy of Music in London. The competition between us was so intense that Cuzzoni and I even got into a fight with each other on stage during a performance!
"Whine, women and song: the bitter rivalry of Handel's divas ." The Independent.
Web. 15 Mar 2011. <www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/musi...>.
Johann Adolf Hasse, my husband and musical partner, worked as the Kapellmeister of the Mistro de Compella in Dresden of the Saxton Court. Dresden, Germany is a very pretty place where Hasse and I worked and lived for more than twenty years.
"Dresden, Germany." Webtourist.net. Web. 15 Mar 2011.
<www.webtourist.net/.../tourist-information.phtml>.
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