Giuseppe Milici · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1737
- Died
- 1802
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Six songs with an accompaniment for the great or small harp, forte- piano or harpsichord
- La Zelinda
- A second sett of six songs
- A third sett of six canzonets
- A fourth sett of six canzonets
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13
- Total plays
- 56
Tags
italian18th century
Vito Giuseppe Millico (19 January 1737 – 2 October 1802), nicknamed “Il Moscovita,” was an Italian soprano castrato, celebrated for his interpretations of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s reform operas. Born in Terlizzi near Bari, he trained in Naples before making his debut in Rome in 1757 and spending 1758–65 at the Russian court. Gluck adapted the role of Orpheus in Orfeo ed Euridice for Millico’s soprano, and later rewrote <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Giuseppe+Millico">Read more on Last.fm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giuseppe
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Terlizzi
- Place of death
- Naples
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Giuseppe Millico.jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Commons category
- Giuseppe Millico
- date of death
- 1802-10-02
- date of birth
- 1737-01-19
- Fach vocal classification
- castrato
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Giuseppe Millico, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
