Giovanni Manzuoli

[1] Born in Florence, Italy, Manzuoli began singing there in 1731.

[2] He is documented as also singing and acting in the following locales for the years indicated: During Manzuoli's sojourn to London, he became friends with the Mozart family, later creating the role of Ascanio in Mozart's Ascanio in Alba, which premiered in 1771.

[4] While in Milan, he was appointed Chamber Singer to the Duke of Tuscany.

[5] Charles Burney, a contemporary music historian, described the Florentine castrato thus: "Manzoli's voice was the most powerful and voluminous soprano that had ever been heard on our stage since the time of Farinelli; and his manner of singing was grand and full of dignity.

The applause he received was a universal thunder of acclimation.