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Nicola Porpora
Nicola
(
Antonio
)
Porpora
(or
Niccolò Porpora
) (17 August 16863 March 1768) was a
Neapolitan
composer of
Baroque
operas (see
opera seria
) and teacher of singing, whose most famous singing student was the
castrato
Farinelli
. Other students included composers
Matteo Capranica
and
Joseph Haydn
.
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