castrato

Earlier, it was common for that part to be sung by any female voice, or even a castrato.

"Boy 1904" uses a recording of the last known castrato singer.

"You sound like a castrato but I can hear you."

For the remaining performances, her role was sung by a castrato.

And to hear how they might have sounded, there is a rare castrato recording from 1902.

A part such as Nero would have been sung by a castrato.

This is a rare term, but probably does equate to castrato.

I tried everything, even hiring an off-duty castrato to hold them out of the way, but nothing worked.

It was the time when castrato singers were popular.

He was a boy soprano prodigy, and later made his career as a castrato.

It was also formerly used on some human male children for other reasons; see castrato and eunuch.

Artaxerxes was composed when the castrato singers were at their height.

Currently, many castrato roles are being reclaimed by men.

This man you call "Castrato" is no amateur, gentlemen.

He dragged his burden out into the landing as the Castrato kicked over the casket.

In the middle oi the room hung the Castrato, still defying gravity.

But first: a word about the castrato.

Despite the fact he's a castrato, even local noblemen come to respect him both as a sparring partner and a friend.

"No castrato ever sung so pure-" Good, but not here.

To read the accounts, castrato voices were sensationally exciting.

The last castrato died in 1922, the last man we know to have been surgically altered to keep his voice from changing.

The adult male soprano, or castrato, has gone the way of the mutilating operation that made his range possible.

Mozart wrote the great role of Idamante for castrato soprano.

A natural castrato is a singer who never went through puberty and so kept his "unbroken" voice intact.

Any missteps and the monsignor will be able to join the castrato choir of his church."