- A
castrato (Italian; pl.:
castrati) is a male
singer who
underwent castration before puberty in
order to
retain a
singing voice equivalent to that of a...
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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...
- 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...
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countertenors were
written for
castrati. Some of the alto
parts of Handel's
Messiah were
first sung by a castrato.
Castrati include Farinelli, Senesino,...
- 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...
- Historically, a
strategy for
avoiding the
shift altogether was castration.
Castrati are
first do****ented in
Italian church records from the 1550s. Mozart's...
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Below is a list of
notable individuals from Italy,
distinguished by
their connection to the
nation through residence,
legal status,
historical influence...
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University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-815034-3.
Piotr O.
Scholz (2001).
Eunuchs and
castrati: a
cultural history.
Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-55876-201-5...
- 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...
- 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...
