The great singers : from Jenny Lind to Callas and Pavarotti / by Pleasants, Henry

Table of Contents: “…Part one: the age of Bel Canto. Singer and setting -- The castrati -- Some early virtuosos : Baldassare Ferri ; Siface (Giovanni Francesco Grossi) ; Nicolino (Nicolò Grimaldi) -- Virtuosos of the first "Golden Age" : Antonio Pistocchi ; Antonio Bernacchi ; Senesino (Francesco Bernardi) ; Giovanni Carestini ; Niccolò Porpora ; Farnielli (Carlo Broschi) ; Caffarelli (Gaetano Majorano) ; Gaetano Guadagni -- The last full flower : Gasparo Pacchierotti ; Luigi Marchesi ; Girolamo Crescentini ; Giovanni-Battista Velluti -- Some early prima donnas : Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni ; Vittoria Tesi ; Mara -- The end of the era : Brigitta Banti ; Mrs. …”