Uberti (real name, Hubert), Antonio
Uberti (real name, Hubert), Antonio
Uberti ( real name, Hubert), Antonio, celebrated Italian castrato soprano, known as “II Porporino,” after his teacher Porpora; b. Verona (of German parents), 1697; d. Berlin, Jan. 20,1783. He was Porpora’s favorite pupil. In 1741 he entered the service of Friedrich II the Great in Berlin. He was greatly renowned in Germany for his singing of Italian operas. He was the teacher of Gertrud Mara.
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