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Baroque (~1600–1750) Italian

BROSCHI, Riccardo

Painted portrait of Broschi

Born in Naples, c. 1698
Died in Madrid, 1756

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  • Riccardo Broschi was primarily an opera composer who influenced figures like G. F. Handel. His best-known works are arias written for his brother, Farinelli, whom he may also have helped train when the singer was young.
  • Broschi studied at the Conservatorio di S. Maria di Loreto in Naples starting around 1711.
  • Broschi most consistently wrote opera seria, though there is evidence of oratorio and comic opera.1

Sources

  1. Michael F. Robinson and Ellen T. Harris, “Broschi [Brosca], Riccardo,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 13, 2026, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000004076.

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