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Antonio was born in 1690 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
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Antonio Bernacchi
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Pupil of Pistocchi. Specially engaged by Handel for the Italian Opera, London, in 1729, as the finest living dramatic singer. In 1736 he founded a singing-school at Bologna. He revived the style of vocal embellishment which the French term “roulades”.
