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1610Dec, 9

Baldassare Ferri

Baldassare Ferri, Italian singer and actor (d. 1680)
Baldassare Ferri (9 December 1610 – 10 September 1680) was an Italian castrato singer. He is said to have possessed "extraordinary endurance of breath, flexibility of voice and depth of emotion".

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