Originally Posted by
Coemgen
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.
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