- A
castrato (Italian; pl.:
castrati) is a male
singer who
underwent castration before puberty in
order to
retain singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano...
- of a
fashion for
castrati. For example, the
latter took
several roles in the
first performance of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (1607).
Castrati were
already prominent...
- on
stage in most of the
Papal States,
castrati regularly pla**** the
parts of women. The
tradition of the
castrati never extended to France, and when Sarrasine...
-
eunuchs were
known as
castrati. As
women were
sometimes forbidden to sing in Church,
their place was
taken by
castrati.
Castrati became very po****r in...
- Argo in 1717 at Dresden, a
commensurately enormous salary. As with many
castrati,
reports of Senesino's
acting were not
always positive, to say the least...
- Historically, a
strategy for
avoiding the
shift altogether was castration.
Castrati are
first do****ented in
Italian church records from the 1550s. Mozart's...
- puberty,
which prevented a boy's
larynx from
being transformed at puberty.
Castrati such as
Farinelli and Senesino, as well as
female sopranos such as Faustina...
- its
valuable account of Mustafa's life, the
musical society in Rome, and
castrati singers at the
Capella Sistina. The
Catholic Choirmaster. 1922. p. 149...
-
singing of the
Baroque era,
whose most
famous singing students were the
castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli.
Other students included composers Johann Adolph...
-
concentrates on
Baroque opera, and he is
known for
singing roles written for
castrati. He
maintains an
extensive discography with
several recordings for EMI...
