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Pergetti

Author: GEORGE GROVE

PERGETTI. Probably the last castrato who ever sang in England. He made his first appearance at the Societa Armonica, May 6, 1844, in an aria from ‘Ciglio,’ an opera of his own, and is described as ‘a brilliant and expressive singer, who won a deserved encore’ (Mus. Examiner).

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