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Updated / Tuesday, 9 Mar 2021 11:00 Peter Whelan, Director of the Irish Baroque Orchestra, writes for Culture about their latest recording The Trials of Tenducci - A Castrato in Ireland, recorded in St. Peter s Church, Drogheda, and released this month. The Trials of Tenducci tells the swashbuckling tale of musical life in Ireland during the Georgian era. Giusto Tenducci was a soprano castrato from Sienna and was one of the foremost musical celebrities of his day. In 1765, Tenducci was employed by Tomasso Giordani (composer of Caro Mio Ben and teacher of the composer John Field) to perform at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. ....