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- Castrato abstract "A castrato (Italian, plural: castrati) is a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty, or it occurs in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.Castration before puberty (or in its early stages) prevents a boy's larynx from being transformed by the normal physiological events of puberty. As a result, the vocal range of prepubescence (shared by both sexes) is largely retained, and the voice develops into adulthood in a unique way. Prepubescent castration for this purpose diminished greatly in the late 18th century and was made illegal in Italy in 1870.As the castrato's body grew, his lack of testosterone meant that his epiphyses (bone-joints) did not harden in the normal manner. Thus the limbs of the castrati often grew unusually long, as did the bones of their ribs. This, combined with intensive training, gave them unrivalled lung-power and breath capacity. Operating through small, child-sized vocal cords, their voices were also extraordinarily flexible, and quite different from the equivalent adult female voice. Their vocal range was higher than that of the uncastrated adult male (see soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, sopranist, countertenor and contralto). Listening to the only surviving recordings of a castrato (see below), one can hear that the lower part of the voice sounds like a "super-high" tenor, with a more falsetto-like upper register above that.Castrati were rarely referred to as such: in the 18th century, the euphemism musico (pl musici) was much more generally used, although it usually carried derogatory implications; another synonym was evirato (literally meaning "emasculated"). Eunuch is a more general term, since historically many eunuchs were castrated after puberty, castration thus having no effect on their voices.".
- Castrato thumbnail Byzantine_castrato.jpg?width=300.
- Castrato wikiPageExternalLink AlessandroMoreschi.
- Castrato wikiPageExternalLink bononcini.mp3.
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- Castrato wikiPageExternalLink castrati.html.
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- Castrato wikiPageExternalLink www.velluti.org.
- Castrato wikiPageID "5742".
- Castrato wikiPageRevisionID "598372913".
- Castrato description "Alessandro Moreschi performs part of Eugenio Terziani's Hostias et preces".
- Castrato filename "Alessandro_Moreschi.ogg".
- Castrato hasPhotoCollection Castrato.
- Castrato title "A castrato singing".
- Castrato subject Category:Androgyny.
- Castrato subject Category:Castrati.
- Castrato subject Category:Italian_opera_terminology.
- Castrato subject Category:Obsolete_occupations.
- Castrato subject Category:Opera_history.
- Castrato subject Category:Voice_types.
- Castrato comment "A castrato (Italian, plural: castrati) is a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty, or it occurs in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.Castration before puberty (or in its early stages) prevents a boy's larynx from being transformed by the normal physiological events of puberty.".
- Castrato label "Castraat".
- Castrato label "Castrat".
- Castrato label "Castrato".
- Castrato label "Castrato".
- Castrato label "Castrato".
- Castrato label "Castrato".
- Castrato label "Kastrat".
- Castrato label "Kastrat".
- Castrato label "Певцы-кастраты".
- Castrato label "カストラート".
- Castrato label "阉伶".
- Castrato sameAs Kastrat.
- Castrato sameAs Καστράτος.
- Castrato sameAs Castrato.
- Castrato sameAs Castrat.
- Castrato sameAs Castrato.
- Castrato sameAs カストラート.
- Castrato sameAs 카스트라토.
- Castrato sameAs Castraat.
- Castrato sameAs Kastrat.
- Castrato sameAs Castrato.
- Castrato sameAs m.01r0v.
- Castrato sameAs Q210970.
- Castrato sameAs Q210970.
- Castrato wasDerivedFrom Castrato?oldid=598372913.
- Castrato depiction Byzantine_castrato.jpg.
- Castrato isPrimaryTopicOf Castrato.