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castrato
/kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ/
adj 3noun 2
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2VERB + CASTRATO
take
CASTRATO + NOUN
roles
Definitions
noun
1
A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
A castrato stepped forward, a slender / young man with earnest grey eyes.
2
A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.
As contexts shift, so does generational taste. Just ask the castrati – the high-voiced boy singers displaced when Enlightenment liberalism restored female performers to the stage.
adj
1
Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently.
2
Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun).
3
Originally composed for a castrato.
Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles.
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A castrato stepped forward, a slender / young man with earnest grey eyes.
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As contexts shift, so does generational taste. Just ask the castrati – the high-voiced boy singers displaced when Enlightenment liberalism restored female performers to the stage.
Wiktionary03
Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles.
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