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castrato

kah-STRAH-toe

[Italian]

A male singer who was castrated during boyhood to preserve the soprano or alto vocal register, prominent in 17th- and early 18th-century opera. This practice was sanctioned by the Vatican because women were not permitted to sing in the church.


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Last Updated: 2016-05-20 20:45:23