Gaetano Fraschini, an Italian vocalist, born in Pavia in 1817. He studied under Moretti, and has been distinguished in Italy since 1837, and at the Italian opera in Vienna since 1862, as a powerful and brilliant tenor singer. His greatest successes have been achieved in Ib trovatore, Ernani, and Un ballo in maschera, which last was composed for him by Verdi.