Giuseppe Millico

Vito Giuseppe Millico (19 January 1737 – 2 October 1802), nicknamed “Il Moscovita,” was an Italian soprano castrato, celebrated for his interpretations of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s reform operas. Born in Terlizzi near Bari, he trained in Naples before making his debut in Rome in 1757 and spending 1758–65 at the Russian court. Gluck adapted the role of Orpheus in Orfeo ed Euridice for Millico’s soprano, and later rewrote