Francesco Pistocchi
Francesco Antonio Mamiliano Pistocchi, nicknamed Pistocchino (165913 May 1726), was an Italian singer, composer and librettist.Talbot, Michael''The chamber cantatas of Antonio Vivaldi'' Boydell Press, 2006, p. 52. Pistocchino was born in Palermo. He was a boy soprano prodigy, and later made his career as a castrato. From 1696 to 1700 he was ''maestro di cappella'' for the Duke of Ansbach. After 1700 he founded a singing school in Bologna, where he died. He was elected president of the Academia Filarmonica twice, in 1708 and 1710. His pupil was Annibale Pio Fabri. Works * ''Il Leandro'' (libretto by Camillo Badovero, Venice, Teatro alle Zattere, 5 May 1679, then Teatro S. Moisè, 1682, as ''Gli amori fatali'') * ''Il Narciso'', pastorale (Apostolo Zeno Ansbach Court Theatre, March 1697) * ''Le pazzie d'amore e dell'interesse'', (own libretto, Ansbach, 16 June 1699) * ''Le risa di Democrito'' (Nicolò Minato, Vienna, 17 February 1700) * ''La pace tra l'armi'', serenata (own libr ...
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Pistocchi
Pistocchi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659–1726), Italian musician * Giuseppe Pistocchi (1744–1814), Italian architect {{surname Italian-language surnames ...
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