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Farinelli: Il Castrato / Farinelli The Castrato, 1994

Farinelli Castrato

Soprano castrato Alessandro Moreschi, last Vatican castrato, in a 100-year-old recording of the Bach/Gounod "Ave Maria." I waited 2 years before producing this video because the quality of the voice does not meet good standards. I presented it only for historical purposes. For a complete analysis of his voice and the recordings, see www.malesopranos.com Click on Articles, then click on Moreschi. Hail Mary full of grace Mary full of grace Mary full of grace Hail, Hail Lord is with thee Blessed art thou among women and blessed be the Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Thy Jesus Hail Mary

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"Upon my word, it is not so. O how deligthful it is to use on a beautiful, unwilling girl a key so full of cunning which opens for all and never leaves a mark. And, if someone says that my cartridges are blank, I answer that, all over the world, for births, celebrations, and pleasures, even the Bombadiers shoot without their balls!" [2nd video version incl.5 newly acquired castrato portraits]. Farinelli/ Velluti/ Marchesi/ Pagliardi/ Bitti/ Castris/ Montoya/ Rauzzini/ Gaudagni/ Scalzi/ Senesino/ Moreschi/ Pasqualini. Quando Tal'Hor: Lamento del Castrato (anonymous) (For further information about high-male voices, check www.malesopranos.com )

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Trailer of the new Jaroussky's album "Carestini, the story of a castrato", in collaboration with Emmanuelle Haïm and Le Concert d'Astrée. You can see and hear some extracts of two arias : Gluck - Sperai vicino il lido Porpora - Tu che d'ardir m'accendi

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Farinelli Il Castrato

Farinelli Il Castrato

Alessandro Moreschi - the last recorded castrato. The Castrati were men who were forcibly castrated at an early age in order to ensure that they would not experience the hormonal changes of puberty that lead to the lowering of the male voice. This meant that as adult men they sang like a modern soprano (they retained their boy soprano voices). After the Catholic Church asked that all nations ban the practice, Pope Leo XIII took the remaining Castrati into the care of the Sistine Chapel Choir to guarantee them a quiet life (at the time they had become the subject of ridicule). Moreschi is the only castrato to be recorded solo. In this recording he is over 50 years old and had lost much of the quality of his voice -- nevertheless the resulting recording is incredibly eerie. Courtesy of The List Universe - listverse.com

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I wanna give some information about castrato voice for who watched this video and interested to castratos. Please read the video information. (Click the more info) I wanna give some information about castrato voice for who watched this video and interested to castratos. If you listen carefully you'll see the high notes that you feel like the 12 years old boy is singing. This is the most important speciality of castrato voice. But today, somebodies purports that they are castrato... I think they don't know what are they talking about? The biological meaning is Castrato or castrati = Castrated (eunuched before puberty) singer of XVI & XVII Century. Real Castratos stayed in the XVI & XVII Century. Farinelli movie was a good film but it showed castrato voice as a female voice then some people is conjecturing that the castrato voice is the similar of female voices. But not. Remember the last record of Alessandro Moreschi (The Last Castrato) Ok lets imagine the castrato voice. All castrato singers castrated in their childhood. Ageing of their treble voices stopped when they was a child. Then if we think this by the logical way we can find this result = Castrato voice is the similar of child voice. Otherwise one castrato might have a larger voice register. Because while his bodys ageing, his treble voices stays fixed and his voice chords was widening to bass voices. Example from the history; Known is Farinelli had three and a half octave range. They also have the adult voice. If <b>...</b>

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Silent Interview with Commentary, 1922 Student piece by Lawrence Gullo

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Male soprano ALESSANDRO MORESCHI sings "Oremus Pro Pontefice" by Calzanera, as recorded for British Gramophone & Typewriter Co. and recorded in the Sistine Chapel by recording pioneers Fred and Will Gainsberg—in 1904. At that time, Moreschi was conductor of the Chorus of the Sistine Chapel, the Pope's personal chorus. THIS is a VICTOR single-sided red-seal disc #71015 which sold for $1.50. Professor Moreschi is remembered in musical history as the only Castrato of the bel canto tradition to make solo recordings. Actually, by 1904, few others survived and no other was "in a condition" to make solo records. Alessandro Moreschi (Nov. 11, 1858— Apr. 21, 1922) probably was "altered" around 1865, in keeping with the old practice of castrating vocally-talented boys well before puberty. Castration of young males was banned by Italian law in 1870. Moreschi's singing abilities became known to a former member of the Sistine Chapel choir who took him to Rome in about 1870. In 1873, when 15, he was appointed First Soprano in the choir of the Papal basilica of San Giovanni Laterano. Thereafter, he was auditioned by all members of the Sistine Chapel choir and appointed First Soprano there, a post he held for the next 30 years. WHEN MORESCHI JOINED the SISTINE CHOIR, there were still six other castrato members, but none was capable of sustaining this work's taxing soprano tessitura. Moreschi's star status sometimes seems to have turned his head: "His behavoir was often capricious enough <b>...</b>

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A castrato is a male singer who is castrated as boys in order to keep their soprano voice. Alessandro Moreschi was the last castrato alive, and this is a recording of him singing Ave Maria.

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Join Philippe Jaroussky on Facebook! www.facebook.com This album by Philippe Jaroussky could also be called, Carestini, il castrato", in the fashion of the award winning film on contemporary and rival castrato Farinelli. Indeed, the programme pays a tribute to the famous 18th century Italian castrato (circa 1705 — circa 1759) for whom Handel composed Arianna in Creta. Carestinis qualities were thus summarised at the time: His voice was at first a beautiful and clear soprano, which afterwards changed into the fullest, finest and deepest counter-tenor that has perhaps ever been heard Carestinis person was tall, beautiful and majestic. It was the opinion of Haase, as well as of many other eminent professors, that whoever had not heard Carestini was unacquainted with the most perfect style of singing." Who else but Philippe Jaroussky could today bring to life the beauty of Carestinis voice? Each of his recitals bring his wonderful qualities to the fore, be it in the beauty of his voice, or his intelligent musicianship. This album will be a block buster and stir, centuries later, the publics taste for beauty and virtuosity, as was the case at the time of the famous castrato to whom Philippe pays homage. To accompany him, the firmly established Baroque conductor, of now international repute, Emmanuelle Haim, and her ensemble Le Concert dAstrée. ________________________________________ More information: www.jarousskycarestini.com ________________________________________ Buy from <b>...</b>

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Awards: Best Foreign Language Film (Golden Globes 1995). Nominated for Oscar as the Best Foreign Film. The voice in this aria from this movie is exclusively that of Ewa Malas-Godlewska. FRANCE - TV Channel 6 Music program - Hit Machine The soundtrack from the Oscar nominated movie reached the top of French music list and sold over one million copies. Farinelli il Castrato, aria Lascia ch'io pianga- GF Haendel. Soprano - Ewa Malas-Godlewska. Farinelli il Castrato - Auvidis France. Musical director - Christophe Rousset. Movie director - Gerard Corbiau. www.ewamalas-godlewska.com FRANCE - TV Channel 6. Music program - "Hit Machine"

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Polish TV program with Ewa Malas-Godlewska about making Farinelli il Castrato, the 1996 Oscar nominated movie. Soprano Ewa Malas-Godlewska Contra-tenor Derek Lee Ragin Farinelli il Castrato - Auvidis France. Musical director Christophe Rousset. Movie director Gerard Corbiau. www.ewamalas-godlewska.com

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Cara sposa from Rinaldo of GF Haendel , famous aria of the castrato Farinelli with the sopranist di Falco under the baton Grant LLewellyn with the Symphony Orchestra recorded in Finland September 2009

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Fragment of movie "Farinelli Il Castrato" by Gerard Corbiau (1994)

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Aria de la pelicula Farinelli, il Castrato

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Clip from the Wild Iris documentay "The Amazing Tomasini" in which cult cabaret artiste Ernesto Tomasini talks about "The Electro-Castrato", one of his acts from the 1990s.

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A mexican castrato sings Habanera... yes, it is the same show hehe

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Overture of Rinaldo - from film "Farinelli il castrato" Composer: George Frederic Haendel

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Cain is the young 17 year old Earl of the Hargreaves family. Despite his youth, -or his devilish, or angelic looks that cries near feminineness which attracts many women and make men blush-, Cain is very intelligent, strong willed, and seems far beyond his age in his actions. But along with his looks that call attention, so do his eyes, and the fame behind them- the golden eyes reaper, son of the evil Alexis Hargreaves, the nobles finest yet most lethal, bearing the name of Cain, the first murderer. Fighting along side Riff his faithful butler, Cassandra the medium, and Oscar the disowned son of another noble family, Cain leads to rid of his past that has been forever imprinted onto his back, and prevent chaos from a mysterious organization that goes by the name of Delilah, while protecting his loved ones, Mary Weather, a young girl of 10, his sister, being his top priority. But nothing comes easy, and everything, every move, is a threat. Because the path that Cain walks on is always tainted with blood, loss, tragedy; one that he must follow till the ends of Delilah. History of Mary Weather- A young rebel that lived in the streets before becoming that of a noble family, she was a tarot card reader, telling the future to those who would fall for her jokes to gain money, enough for her to eat, and support those whom she lived with in the streets. It wasn't until Cain had found her, and her associated past with his own father, did he take Mary Weather, his half sister, in <b>...</b>

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Helen Berry shares the story of a forbidden marriage, the subject of her book "The Castrato and his Wife."

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Cain is the young 17 year old Earl of the Hargreaves family. Despite his youth, -or his devilish, or angelic looks that cries near feminineness which attracts many women and make men blush-, Cain is very intelligent, strong willed, and seems far beyond his age in his actions. But along with his looks that call attention, so do his eyes, and the fame behind them- the golden eyes reaper, son of the evil Alexis Hargreaves, the nobles finest yet most lethal, bearing the name of Cain, the first murderer. Fighting along side Riff his faithful butler, Cassandra the medium, and Oscar the disowned son of another noble family, Cain leads to rid of his past that has been forever imprinted onto his back, and prevent chaos from a mysterious organization that goes by the name of Delilah, while protecting his loved ones, Mary Weather, a young girl of 10, his sister, being his top priority. But nothing comes easy, and everything, every move, is a threat. Because the path that Cain walks on is always tainted with blood, loss, tragedy; one that he must follow till the ends of Delilah. Oscar- A young man despite his looks, Oscar bears the name of Baron, a promised heir to that of his family, that, because of his actions and behavior, was tossed aside. Despite his behavior, Oscar proves to, at times, be very intelligent, and, is at plenty, helpful, and very protective of Cain, even when it comes to hiding the painful truth from his friend. But when Oscar wants to be a child, he doesn't hide <b>...</b>

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A story about how a misunderstanding can bring about catastrophic results, this is a music video for the song "The Last Castrato" by the UK band, Ilya (San Ilya in the US).

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The last castrato Alessandro Moreschi sings Rossini.

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As a request for my dear friend Sia - manga movie video about doctor Jizabel Disraeli from Cain Saga. Video is mine, but pictures belong to Kaori Yuki and music belong to Three days grace. Visit me at www.chidori.sblog.cz

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Castrato Di Matteo takes you on a tour of his CRIB in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

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Relato de la vida de Carlo Broschi, célebre castrado que triunfó en la ópera en el XVIII. Con 32 años y en la cumbre del éxito, Farinelli, artista que en el siglo XVIII ennobleció el arte del canto, se retira misteriosamente para dedicar en exclusividad al rey Felipe V de España su prodigiosa voz. Doce años antes, Farinelli y un virtuoso trompetista miden su destreza musical en una plaza repleta de curiosos. El joven cantante impone con facilidad su voz pura y perfecta. El público, entusiasmado, le aclama. Haendel, el compositor oficial de la corte de Inglaterra, que ha asistido a la representación oculto en su carroza, propone a Farinelli que vaya a Londres. Este encuentro supone el inicio de una relación marcada por el odio y la admiración mutua. Tras rechazar las propuestas de Haendel, Farinelli recorre Europa junto a su hermano y compositor Ricardo. En el transcurso de estos viajes, este hombre, cuya voz es capaz de suscitar las emociones más insospechadas, comparte con su hermano, siguiendo un ritual, las mismas mujeres: Farinelli las seduce y Ricardo culmina el acto.

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We learn more about the incredible countertenors, Castrato Singers, in Fort Worth Opera's upcoming production of "Julius Caesar" from Managing Director Keith Wolfe.

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BBC Castrato

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Castrato Di Matteo answers questions after his audition tape screens at Outfest 2007. video: Dasha Snyder star: Laura Terusso

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"Castrato" BBC special.

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Aria de Acio do filme farinelli extraida da opéra Polifemo de Nicola Porpora!

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Arias para castrato de óperas de Caldara cantadas por Philippe Jaroussky con el acompañamiento orquestal del Concerto Köln, bajo la dirección de Emmanuelle Haïm.

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Opera de Riccardo Broschi en la película Farinelli, il castrato. 1994.

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George Frideric Handel Rinaldo, HWV 7 "Cara sposa" Rinaldo's aria from act I, sc.7 Premiere Cast, February 24, 1711: Rinaldo: Nicolo Grimaldi, castrato Eustazio: Valentino Urbani, castrato Armida: Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti, soprano Almirena: Isabella Girardeau, soprano Goffredo: Francesca Vanini-Boschi, contralto Argante: Giuseppe Boschi, bass In this video: Andreas Scholl, countertenor Accademia Bizantina Direction: Ottavio Dantone Live performance from Festival de Musique de Dresde, 12 May, 2008 Rinaldo sings this aria after his fiancee Almirena is abducted by the sorceress Armida. "Rinaldo was first produced at the Queen's (later King's) Theatre in the Haymarket on 24 February 1711. It was Handel's first opera for London, and also the first Italian opera specifically composed for the London stage. The concept of opera as a wholly sung musical drama was still new in Britain, and through the first successful production was an English version of Giovanni Bononcini's Camilla in 1706, the popularity of Italian singers — especially the sensational castrati — swiftly established opera in the Italian language as the standard form. ... Synopsis The action is set at the time of the First Crusade (1096--99). Christian forces led by Goffredo (Godfrey of Bouillon) are laying siege to the city of Jerusalem, held by the Saracen king Argante. With Goffredo are his brother Eustazio and his daughter Almirena, who is in love with the Christian knight Rinaldo. Argante is supported <b>...</b>

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