Venanzio Rauzzini (18/12/1746 - 08/04/1810), an Italian castrato, composer, pianist, singing teacher and concert impresario. He is said to have first studied singing under a member of the Sistine Chapel Choir. He studied with Giuseppe Santarelli in Rome and Nicola Porpora in Naples. It has been suggested that Rauzzini may not in fact have been a castrato, but rather had an endocrine condition that prevented his voice from breaking, hence his many affairs as he was thought to be "safe".
| Source: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venanzio_Rauzzini |
Requiem
| Period: | Early Romanticism |
| Composed in: | 1801 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
He wrote a requiem produced at the Little Haymarket Theatre in London in 1801 by Arnold and Salomon.
| Source: | Grove's dictionary of music and musicians |