Domenico Salvatori
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Anagni, Lazio, Papal States
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Domenico Salvatori | |
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 The Sistine Chapel Choir in 1898; Salvatori is labeled as "2". | |
| Background information | |
| Born | September 27, 1855 Anagni, Lazio, Papal States |
| Died | December 11, 1909 (aged 54) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Instrument | Voice |
Domenico Salvatori (27 September 1855 – 11 December 1909) along with Alessandro Moreschi, Domenico Mustafà and Giovanni Cesari, was one of the famous castrati singers of the late 19th century.
Born in Anagni, he first started as a contralto at the Cappella Giulia, which he later abandoned in order to enter the Sistine Chapel Choir in 1878 as a now soprano or mezzo.[1] He later became secretary of the choir for some years, holding the position under the direction of Lorenzo Perosi. A good friend of Alessandro Moreschi, the pair often visited their contemporary Domenico Mustafà in his retirement.
Salvatori died in Rome.[citation needed] He is buried in the Monumental Cimitero di Campo Verano in Alessandro Moreschi's tomb.[2]
He, Giovanni Cesari, Vincenzo Sebastianelli, and Alessandro Moreschi made a few phonograph recordings together, but these were only pure choral pieces, and none of them were solo. It is possible to hear him clearly as the contralto voice in a SATB quartet recording of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's "La cruda mia nemica" (with Moreschi as soprano).