Giacinto Fontana

{{short description|Italian opera singer}}{{Infobox person

| name = Domenico Giacinto Fontana

| image = Giacinto Fontana by Pier Leone Ghezzi.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Caricature of Fontana by Pier Leone Ghezzi

| other_names = Farfallino ("Little Butterfly")

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 1692

| birth_place = Perugia, Italy

| death_date = 1739 (aged 47)

| death_place = Perugia, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| occupation = Castrato singer

| years_active = 1712–1736

| known_for = Soprano female roles

| notable_works =

}}

Domenico Giacinto Fontana (1692–1739), also known as "Farfallino", was an Italian castrato singer active primarily in Rome from 1712 to 1736. He specialised in singing soprano female roles and earned the name "Farfallino" ("Little Butterfly") for his graceful stage appearance. He was born in Perugia and died there at the age of 47.Brumana, Biancamaria (1996). "Giacinto Fontana detto Farfallino e la sua carriera nei teatri di Roma" in Saverio Franchi (ed.). Il melodramma a Roma tra Sei e Settecento, pp. 75–112. Archivio Guido Izzi.Markstrom, Kurt Sven (2007). [https://books.google.com/books?id=GpedtmXE6tIC&pg=PA137 The Operas of Leonardo Vinci, Napoletano], pp. 137–138. Pendragon Press At times he feared ridicule by performing certain roles, such as a pregnant primadonna.{{Cite book|title=Drama Per Musica: Italian Opera Seria of the Eighteenth Century|last=Strohm|first=Richard|publisher=Yale University Press|year=1997|isbn=0-300-06454-3|location=New Haven and London|pages=47}}