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Carlo, an Italian singer, born at Naples in 1705, died in 1782. His true name was Carlo Broschi, and to develop his vocal pewers he was made a eunuch. He sang in Vienna, Paris, and London with the greatest succe . On visiting Spain, where he intended only a brief sojourn, he found King Philip V pinned in a profound melancholy. e succeeded in rousing him from it by the powers of his voice, and became his prime favourite and political adviser. But the penalty of his advancement was that for ten years he had to sing every night to his royal master the same six airs. On his return to Italy, in 1762, he found himself almost forgotten, but continued to exercise a splendid hospitality in his country house, near Bologna.