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Article: HITTING THE HIGH NOTES Sally Bradshaw, opera singer, on the strange world of the castrati
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 15, 1995
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The recent surge of enthusiasm for baroque opera has led to a
plethora of productions as close as possible to the sound and
atmosphere of the 18th-century originals. I have performed in
theatres where the stage machinery is operated by hand and creaks
loudly, and where the stage is lit by hundreds of candles - to the
peril of singers in costumes with wide sleeves if they are tempted
to gesticulate.
But one crucial aspect of baroque opera defies recreation, for
reasons of both legality and barbarism: the mysterious singing
voice of the castrato. In 18th-century Italian villages, crafty
parents would sell their eight- year-old sons to church choirs or
operatic schools willing to pay large ...
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