MAJORANO, Gaetano (CAFARELLI)- lithograph by Stuppi 7 x 9" of the mezzo soprano castrato who took the name of his sponsor Dominco Cafarelli as his stage name. A Porpora pupil he quickly emerged as a leading singer in all the major opera centers creating Handel's "Serse" in London in 1738. He was an outrageous personality mimicking his colleagues, singing his own versions of music and talking with the public while others sang
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