1) Castrated 2) Castrated but Italian 3) Castrated in Italian 4) Castrated but in Italian 5) Italian musical term 6) Italian vocal term 7) Musical term in Rome 8) Musical term to an Italian 9) Obsolete occupation 10) Singer 11) Singer of high notes 12) Singer who was unkindly cut 13) Vocaliser 14) Vocalist
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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 sta...
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• (n.) A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.
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male soprano or contralto voice of great range, flexibility, and power, produced as a result of castration before puberty. The castrato voice was ... [3 related articles]
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Cas·tra'to noun [ Latin , properly past participle of
castrare . See
Castrate .] A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.
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n] - a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
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castrato (s), castrati (pl) 1. A male singer who has been castrated before puberty so as to retain a soprano or alto voice. 2. A male singer; especially, in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
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An adult male singer who has kept their childhood high range by being castrated before puberty. Extremely popular, many Castrati were mega stars of their era, until the end of the 18th Century when the practice was outlawed. These roles are now largely sung by female Mezzos or male Countertenors.
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noun a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
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Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
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A male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice. Practice was banned in 1903. Now female singers often sing the castrati parts. Julius Caeser is an example of this.
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historically, a singer who was castrated as a boy to retain the boyish quality of the voice
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