Faustina Bordoni

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Faustina Bordoni (1693 in Venice, Italy-1783 in Venice) Italian mezzo-soprano opera singer, nicknamed the "new siren' and commonly known, simply, as "Faustina". She was known for the great agility of her voice and sang for many years in Venice, Vienna and London. In 1730 she married German composer, Johann Adolph Hasse. She was widely regarded as one of the greatest singers of her day, rivalled only by the great Francesca Cuzzoni. She made her début in Venice 1716 in C.F. Pollarolo’s Ariodante, her German début in 1723 at Munich in Torri’s Griselda, and her London début as Roxana in Handel’s Alessandro at the King’s Theatre in 1726.

What did she look like?: A portrait of Faustina Bordoni, by Bartolomeo Nazari (1699-1758), is currently on display at London's Handel House Museum and can be seen here: [1]

[edit] Sources

• Rogers, Francis.(Apr., 1943), "Handel and Five Prima Donnas" in The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 2. , pp. 214-224. ISSN 0027-4631
• Grove Music On-Line. "Faustina Bordoni".