What's you vocal range?

[Coemgen]

I was under the impression that the Castrati were a vanished "breed."

Some falsettists can do an impression but it's still not the same.

I sing second tenor in my male voice choir.

Actually, there are still several around; they aren't true castrati in the sense of having the … ahem … surgical procedure performed, but typically have some sort of hormonal disorder or their voice never broke during adolescence.

[WarpedBishop]

I've been cast anywhere from a bass to a first tenor but I think I fall best as a "tenor".

[Xabaras]

Probably Basso-baritono, but never checked for sure. I'll like to sing like Ronnie James Dio (Good old Ronald Padovano ), but in my Hard Rock career I just singed the backing vocals. Thanks to the theatre I have a pretty good educated voice!

[McClef]

Actually, there are still several around; they aren't true castrati in the sense of having the … ahem … surgical procedure performed, but typically have some sort of hormonal disorder or their voice never broke during adolescence.

I think that puts them in another category altogether - "male sporano" or some such.

When they made the film about Farinelli they combined a good falsettist and a woman's voice to try to get the right effect - they only had some old 78's to go on of a real one.

They obviously didn't think that the male sopranos qualified to make the sound.

[JerseyLawyer]

I think my range is something along the lines of "never permitted to sing, because it hurts people's ears."

Fortunately, I play the bagpipes, a quiet, simple instrument that could never be accused of disrupting hearing.

[Ancienne Alliance]

A tenor range is practical for loud singing, ...in a piping class for instance !

Robert

[sharpdressedscot]

Bass-baritone for me. It surprises everyone, I'm a small guy and they think I'll have a squeaky voice or something.

[Coemgen]

I think that puts them in another category altogether - "male sporano" or some such.

When they made the film about Farinelli they combined a good falsettist and a woman's voice to try to get the right effect - they only had some old 78's to go on of a real one.

They obviously didn't think that the male sopranos qualified to make the sound.

Well, in all the lists of vocal ranges that I could find, Castrati were listed, albeit with the qualifier that true castrati are no longer with us (a fact for which I think we should be thankful), but that the range is covered by male sopranos.

[McClef]

Well, in all the lists of vocal ranges that I could find, Castrati were listed, albeit with the qualifier that true castrati are no longer with us (a fact for which I think we should be thankful), but that the range is covered by male sopranos.

The BBC did a program about castrati and it concluded that the range could not fully be covered by male sopranos due to the physiological differences.

The last known castrato, and the only one to be recorded, was Alessandro Moreschi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Moreschi and his recordings led the makers of the film Farinelli to use a counter tenor singing falsetto mixed with a soprano to produce the closest approximation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinelli_(film) .

If you have seen the film the result is amazing though of course we should be thankful that such things are no longer done. Yes, male sopranos can produce some wonderful stuff, as can the best falsettists, but it was not felt that they could touch the full dynamics of the castrati based upon the admittedly low tech Moreschi recording. But the option in the poll is a little silly and anachronistic as imitating a castrato is not the same as being one.

[Coemgen]

But the option in the poll is a little silly and anachronistic as imitating a castrato is not the same as being one.

Well, it was on the list I had, so I put it up.

Sorry if it offends.