From Farinelli to Monticelli : an opera satire of 1742 re-examined

Author

McGeary, Thomas; Cervantes, Xavier

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1999, Num. 1154, Vol. 141, 287-289, 6 ill.

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Elucidates the iconography of an anonymous English engraving depicting a castrato singer, traditionally identified as Farinelli (London, British Museum). The authors show that the singer represented is actually Angelo Maria Monticelli, and that the print can be read as lampooning both Monticelli in particular and Italian opera in general.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration -- United Kingdom
• Engraving
• Great Britain
• 1700-1800
• Monticelli, Angelo Maria, ca.1712-1764
• Portraits
• Satire
• Opera
• Italians
• Singers
• Castration
• Farinelli, Carlo Broschi, 1705-1782

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration -- Royaume-Uni
• Burin
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1800
• Monticelli, Angelo Maria, v.1712-1764
• Portrait
• Satire
• Opéra
• Italiens
• Chanteurs
• Castration
• Farinelli, Carlo Broschi, 1705-1782

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19991001-00211163

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