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* 1714 – Gioacchino Conti, Italian soprano castrato ( d. 1761 )
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1714 and Gioacchino
The famous castrato sopranist Gioacchino Conti, known as Il Gizziello, or heb ceilliau was born in Arpino, in 1714.
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