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  • Castrati: The Boys Castrated For Their High Singing Voices
    Castrati: The Italian Boys Who Were Castrated In Order To Maintain Their High-Pitched Singing Voices. By Kendrick Foster | Edited By Jaclyn Anglis. Published May 23, 2023. Updated May 26, 2023. Starting in the 16th century, castrati were used by choirs as a substitution for women.
    05/16/2024 - 4:13 am | View Website
  • Castrati | Encyclopedia.com
    Castrati are male singers, castrated before puberty in order to preserve a strong soprano singing voice. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, castrati were used extensively in Italian church choirs and were famous throughout Europe as stars of the Italian opera.
    05/16/2024 - 3:38 am | View Website
  • Metropolitan Opera | Castrati
    The Vatican banned castrati in 1903, and the last known castrato, Alberto Moreschi, died in 1922; recordings of Moreschi singing offer modern listeners the only surviving example of this voice type. Fortunately, singers and directors have come up with two solutions for casting castrato roles today.
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  • Castrato
    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, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice can also occur in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.
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  • Castrato | Vocal Technique, Opera & Baroque | Britannica
    castrato, male soprano or contralto voice of great range, flexibility, and power, produced as a result of castration before puberty. The castrato voice was introduced in the 16th century, when women were banned from church choirs and the stage. It reached its greatest prominence in 17th- and 18th-century opera.
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