1690–1722[2]) was an Italian mezzo-soprano or alto castrato[3][4] who sang for the composer George Frideric Handel in the 18th century.

His powers of singing seem to have been limited and by the time of his Handel roles his voice was declining but he is reputed to have been a fine actor.

Charles Burney noted that "his voice was feeble, and his execution moderate", but Cibber praises his acting enthusiastically: "his hearers bore with the absurdity of his singing the part of Turnus in Camilla, all in Italian, while every other character was sung and recited in English".

Urbani was the first castrato to sing regularly in London,[5][6] where he created a sensation[7] and made his début at Drury Lane in 1707.

He had earlier sung at Venice, Parma, Rome, Bologna, and Genoa.