Francesco Antonio Mamiliano Pistocchi, nicknamed Pistocchino (1659 – 13 May 1726), was an Italian singer, composer and librettist.[1]
Pistocchino was born in Palermo. He was a boy soprano prodigy, and later made his career as a castrato. From 1696 to 1700 he was maestro di cappella for the Duke of Ansbach.
After 1700, he founded a singing school in Bologna, where he died. He was elected president of the Academia Filarmonica twice, in 1708 and 1710.
His pupil was Annibale Pio Fabri.
- ^ Talbot, Michael, The chamber cantatas of Antonio Vivaldi, Boydell Press, 2006, p. 52. ISBN 1-84383-201-1