Nicolini

The victory of the Italians was due mainly to the marvellous singing and acting of Nicola Grimaldi, known as Nicolini, who first appeared in London in Scarlatti's _Pyrrhus and

Handel Edward J. Dent 1916

Grimaldi, commonly called Nicolini, had made his first appearance in an opera called Pyrrhus and Demetrius which was the last attempt to combine English with Italian.

Spectator, March 15, 1711 1711

Grimaldi, commonly called Nicolini, had made his first appearance in an opera called 'Pyrrhus and Demetrius,' which was the last attempt to combine English with Italian.

The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

Their cumulative story is narrated by friend and observer Anton Lavrentyevich Grigoriev (Andrea Nicolini).

David Finkle: First Nighter: Peter Stein Scores with Dostoyevsky's The Demons for 12 Hours! 2010

Nicolini was Handel's most famous castrato who starred in Rinaldo, and let Addison into such a field of raillery, which I think Sir Archy once covered for this blog.

An Althouse blog fund-raiser. Ann Althouse 2009

How would the Wits of King Charles's time have laughed to have seen Nicolini exposed to a Tempest in Robes of Ermin, and sailing in an open Boat upon a Sea of Paste-Board?

"Portuguese opera stars, dressed as vacuum cleaners, singing in English..." Ann Althouse 2008

Nicolini referred to his edition as the Scienza Nuova secunda-Second New Science (or simply The New Science), under which title the definitive version is known today.

Giambattista Vico Costelloe, Timothy 2008

How would the Wits of King Charles's time have laughed to have seen Nicolini exposed to a Tempest in Robes of Ermin, and sailing in an open Boat upon a Sea of Paste-Board?

"Portuguese opera stars, dressed as vacuum cleaners, singing in English..." Ann Althouse 2008

Mr. Limbaugh may have exceeded himself here, for 'tis widely known that the likes of Farinelli or Nicolini, while depriv'd of their Manhood, have also been depriv'd of their manly Reason, & are grown uncommonly fat in the Bargain.

"I'm jealous. I can't do it either. I can't cross my legs sitting in a chair like that." Ann Althouse 2008

The renowned Italian castrato Nicolini was presently making a sedate crossing of the stage in a pasteboard boat, singing of violent tempests in both heart and mind.

The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee 2007