Gaetano Fraschini by Trinquart

GAETANO FRASCHINI
(16 Feb 1816- 23 May 1887)
Italian tenor
He studied in Pavia with Moretti and made his début there in 1837 as Tamas in Donizetti’s Gemma di Vergy. In 1839 he sang in Torquato Tasso at Bergamo and in 1840 in Marino Faliero at La Scala. Engaged at the S Carlo, Naples, from 1840 to 1853 he sang in the first performances of Pacini’s