Nicola Porpora

Nicola (or Niccolò ) Antonio Giacinto Porpora (17 August 1686 – 3 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli . Other students included composers Johann Adolph Hasse , Matteo Capranica and Joseph Haydn .

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