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goatecheese (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You are definitely not alone! The composer, the music, the players, the voices, God and the angels give us permission.
ladywhitemoon01 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What? Castratti existed because women could not sing in public. Besides, men's torax is wider than women, so the voice was more potent and richer. Some people say that the voice of the mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena is similar , in range, to the castratti voice, though that's hard to confirm.
TheOnlyOriginalKebim (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Don't be that meticoulusly!! :P And I didn't say that they were not allowed to, but should not. It's clear that they did not invent the castrato just because of this. I mean, there were a couple of castrati before Renaissance. But hey whatever... ;)
rankokusan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
oh I did not know that interested and kinda scary
hco517584 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Women did sing publicly, only mostly in convents, and behind screens. Castratti did not exist because women could not sing publicly.
hco517584 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The castration had to be done before testosterone would begin to expand the larynx. If the larynx does not grow, the voice cannot deepen, and therefore stays much like a boy soprano. Also, castration was an illegal operation so an excuse had to be found in order to have the operation. In Farinelli's case, his brother claimed that he had an accident involving a horse, and therefore had to be operated on.
TheOnlyOriginalKebim (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah. That's what they really did!! Very revolting... they hinted about it in the movie when you can see the boy having a bath. I don't know why the voice stays high then, but that's the way it is. But it has to be done before someone's voice breaks.
okabeglesh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
voix magnifique! Splendide! superbe musique même j'en ai les larmes aux yeux !!! Great !!
rankokusan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
castrated?
TheOnlyOriginalKebim (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
anyhow he is. During Renaissance women should not sing publicly. So men were castrated. But nowadays men (so-called countertenors) are able to reach those high notes with special techniques. Farinelli was a castrato, but for the movie they mixed up a soprano's and a countertenor's voice for making the voice sound like a castrato's, because a castrato doesn't sound like a countertenor, but also not like an alto or soprano either. It's something in between... |
