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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Senesino, Francesco
SENESINO, Francesco Bernardi detto, i.e. 'F. B. called the Sienese,' one of the most famous of the sopranist singers who flourished in the last century.
He was born about 1680, at Siena (whence he derived his name), and received his musical education from Bernacchi, at Bologna.
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Little or nothing is heard of his career previous to 1719. At that time he was singing at the Court theatre of Saxony, and when Handel came to Dresden in quest of singers, was engaged by him for London.
Senesino's first appearance in this country (Nov.
1720) was in Buononcini's opera 'Astarto,' which at once established him in public favour as a singer of the first rank. He sang next in a revival of Handel's 'Floridante,' and in the celebrated 'Muzio Scævola'; afterwards in Handel's 'Ottone,' 'Flavio,' and 'Giulio Cesare' (1723), 'Tamerlano' (1724), 'Rodelinda' (1725), 'Scipio' and 'Alessandro' (1726), and in various operas and pasticcios