1858 - 1922
Alessandro Moreschi (11 November 1858 – 21 April 1922) was an Italian chorister of the late 19th century and the only castrato to make solo recordings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Moreschi has received more than 1,046,232 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alessandro Moreschi is the 161st most popular singer (up from 227th in 2019), the 1,040th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,371st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Singer.
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Among singers, Alessandro Moreschi ranks 161 out of 3,528. Before him are Paul Anka, Mirella Freni, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Chester Bennington, John Denver, and Bob Geldof. After him are Birgit Nilsson, Eduard Khil, Engelbert Humperdinck, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Ivan Rebroff, and Celia Cruz.
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 155
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 156
1925 - 2012
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 157
1976 - 2017
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 158
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 159
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 160
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 161
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 162
1934 - 2012
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 163
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 164
1932 - 1999
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 165
1931 - 2008
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 166
1925 - 2003
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 167
Among people born in 1858, Alessandro Moreschi ranks 24. Before him are Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Kang Youwei, Maria Christina of Austria, Eugène Ysaÿe, Marie Bashkirtseff, and Mihajlo Pupin. After him are Eugène Dubois, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Eleonora Duse, Lovis Corinth, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, and André Antoine. Among people deceased in 1922, Alessandro Moreschi ranks 24. Before him are Nellie Bly, Walther Rathenau, Yamagata Aritomo, Henri Désiré Landru, Andrey Markov, and Rudolf Kjellén. After him are Léon Bonnat, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Paul Deschanel, Lothar von Richthofen, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, and Ōkuma Shigenobu.
1858 - 1934
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 18
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 19
1858 - 1929
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 20
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 21
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 22
1858 - 1935
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 23
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 24
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 25
1858 - 1937
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 26
1858 - 1924
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 27
1858 - 1925
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 28
1858 - 1939
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 29
1858 - 1943
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 30
1864 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 18
1867 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 19
1838 - 1922
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 20
1869 - 1922
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 21
1856 - 1922
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 22
1864 - 1922
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 23
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 24
1833 - 1922
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 25
1860 - 1922
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 26
1855 - 1922
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 27
1894 - 1922
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 28
1850 - 1922
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 29
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 30
Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Moreschi ranks 1,040 out of 4,668. Before him are Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), Nicola Amati (1596), Maurice Garin (1871), Guarino Guarini (1624), Ettore Scola (1931), and Riccardo Giacconi (1931). After him are Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Daniela Bianchi (1942), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Pietro Cavallini (1240), and Frank Costello (1891).
1634 - 1675
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 1,034
1596 - 1684
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 1,035
1871 - 1957
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 1,036
1624 - 1683
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 1,037
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 1,038
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 1,039
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 1,040
1668 - 1745
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 1,041
1000 - 985
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 1,042
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 1,043
1290 - 1400
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 1,044
1240 - 1330
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 1,045
1891 - 1973
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 1,046
Among singers born in Italy, Alessandro Moreschi ranks 15. Before him are Gigliola Cinquetti (1947), Renata Tebaldi (1922), Domenico Modugno (1928), Mina (1940), Eros Ramazzotti (1963), and Mirella Freni (1935). After him are Beniamino Gigli (1890), Barbara Strozzi (1619), Franco Corelli (1921), Mario Del Monaco (1915), Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921), and Tito Gobbi (1913).
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 9
1922 - 2004
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 10
1928 - 1994
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 12
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 13
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 14
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 15
1890 - 1957
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 16
1619 - 1677
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 17
1921 - 2003
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 18
1915 - 1982
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 19
1921 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 20
1913 - 1984
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 21