is singled out in Act 2 by the stuffy Dr. Bartolo as a singer who exemplified the greatness of the operatic culture of the past. Notes References Sources Heriot, A: The Castrati in Opera (London, 1956) Rosselli, J: The Castrati as a Professional Group and a Social Phenomenon, 1550–1830 (Acta Musicologica LX, 1988, p143-179) Castrati 1710 births 1783 deaths 18th-century Italian male actors Italian male stage actors 18th-century Italian male opera singers People from Bitonto Pupils of Nicola Porpora