Luigi Antinori was born at Bologna about 1697. He was one of the best tenor
singers of the beginning of the 18th century, being gifted with a voice of pure and penetrating
quality, and having acquired an excellent method of using it.

He came to London in 1725 and sang in 'Elisa,' an anonymous opera, and in 'Elpidia,' by Leonardo Vinci

Leonardo Vinci

Leonardo Vinci was an Italian composer, best known for his operas.He was born at Strongoli and educated at Naples under Gaetano Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo. He first became known for his opere buffe in Neapolitan dialect in 1719; he also composed many opere serie...

 and others, a pasticcio
given by George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...

, in which Antinori took the place of Borosini, who sang in it at first. In the season of 1726 he appeared in Handel's
Scipione and Alessandro

Alessandro (opera)

Alessandro is an opera written for the Royal Academy of Music composed by George Frideric Handel in 1726. Paolo Rolli was the librettist and based the story on Ortensio Mauro's La superbia d'Alessandro...

. After that season his name does not appear again.