The most successful of these “castrati” became the stars of their age, performing in operas in all the great cities of Europe, showered with gold by royalty and nobility and often sought in bed by the great of both sexes. They were then trained until they could sing with the power and tonal richness of a baritone combined with the range of pitch of a soprano or alto. Knopf in New York in 1982.ĭuring the eighteenth century, about four thousand Italian boys were castrated before puberty.
Eyes lit with the light of other skies: The joyful life of Edwin Emmanuel Bradford
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