| 单词 | castrato |
| 例句 | He will give us these castrati, Dany thought, and then he will march home and make some more. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Or have you brought someone to sing opposite you? Is one of the boys you came in with a castrato?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In Handel’s London, the vogue for adult soloist castrati was short-lived, and Italian-style opera itself soon came up against stiff competition in the shape of what we would today call jukebox musicals. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Captain Johnson reporting as directed, sir,” the captain said, his voice as high pitched as a castrato’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest stars of the day, paid outrageous fees and treated like royalty, were castrati. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Like many Handel operas, “Radamisto” involves lots of women playing men — roles often written for castrati, men who were castrated before their voices changed at puberty, giving them a distinctive, powerful high soprano. Review | The small Opera Lafayette proves its mettle, pulling off its first Handel 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Handel embellished his score when he brought it to London in 1750 so that the star castrato Guadagni could show off his fancy coloratura – which grants modern countertenors the leeway to have some fun. RSNO/McGegan review 2011-01-05T21:46:00Z Anfione would originally have been sung by a castrato, or a castrated man. Male soprano stars in "forgotten" Italian opera 2010-09-24T13:07:00Z At one end is the treasury of parts written for castrato singers during the Baroque era; at the other, an explosion of contemporary music. Handel and Philip Glass, but Make It Fashion 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Why would you sing these challenging castrati arias, and so late in your career? Ceclia Bartoli: the limitations of being a mezzo 2010-12-23T22:00:04Z Today's opera roles sung by countertenors were originally written for the castrati who were superstars in the 17th and 18th centuries. Falsetto: The enduring love affair with the soaring male voice 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z He then spent his early career specializing in castrato roles. ‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z This was fairly common practice in 17th- and 18th-century operas and became even more widespread as the castrati, the neutered male trebles of the Baroque era, began to disappear. Michael Kennedy on Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos 2013-05-30T09:56:31Z Now titled “Orphée et Eurydice,” it incorporated French musical practice of the time — by recasting Orpheus, for example, from a castrato to a high tenor role. Gluck’s revolution: Pacific MusicWorks performs ‘Orphée,’ an opera by Marie Antoinette’s music teacher 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z At his apartment, Mariño spoke about his new album, his desire to go beyond castrati roles and his campaign to free himself — along with classical music generally — from the confines of traditional gender boundaries. ‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Most of the singers, of course, are women, including in some of the roles written for male castrati, like Ruggiero. Review | Strong women take the lead in Washington National Opera’s ‘Alcina’ 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Because women largely were not allowed on stage during the early baroque period, castrati – or male sopranos – took on the female parts. Bath celebrates the life of the bedhopping singing star of the 1700s 2010-04-12T06:00:00Z The king is profoundly moved, and partially cured, by the purity of the castrato’s voice. Writing Her Way From Backstage to Broadway 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Today, opera roles originally written for castrati are sung by countertenors. Falsetto: The enduring love affair with the soaring male voice 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z It is difficult for anybody to sing as they did because castrati were men with female voices. Ceclia Bartoli: the limitations of being a mezzo 2010-12-23T22:00:04Z Or that the virtuosic soprano of the castrato was due to his artificially small and flexible larynx, combined with supersized lungs? Voice-overs 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z In his senior year at Princeton University, he wrote a show about a fictional castrato, unlocking $35,000 from college funds. Handel and Philip Glass, but Make It Fashion 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z I started to explore further, and began to piece together an enormous list of operas and oratorios that featured the singer, sufficient to rival the more celebrated castrati we remember today, such as Farinelli. Guadagni: the first modern singer? 2012-07-19T13:13:24Z Now he is branching out from Baroque parts originally written for castrati. ‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Operas by Monteverdi and other Baroque composers often feature roles written for castrati -- male opera singers who were castrated at a young age to preserve their boy voices. Allison Williams in 'Peter Pan' continues a cross-dressing tradition 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The American mezzo's reputation rests primarily on trouser roles such as Cherubino or Octavian, and on baroque repertory originally written for castrati. Susan Graham – review 2012-07-02T17:27:30Z The final singer to be castrated died in 1922, and was the only castrati to have made gramophone recordings. Hey, what's that sound: Falsetto 2011-02-01T16:00:00Z I did not, for example, expect: national elocutionists, Kim Kardashian’s vocal fry, the last Vatican castrato, the telling silence of lizards, Alexa or the delightful, data-based revelation that humans can reliably hear a smile. Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z It became standard for countertenors to sing in the falsetto register in times when women were banned from singing liturgical music, although their role was usurped by the fashion of castrati. Hey, what's that sound: Falsetto 2011-02-01T16:00:00Z If we had a castrato in a gown singing, we’d be gushing harder at this eclipse. Has former NEA target Ron Athey bled enough for his art? He's back with a new happening at the Broad 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Women were banned from Roman stages in the early 18th century, so Vinci deployed castrati as his heroines as well as his heroes. Vinci: Artaserse – review 2012-11-14T15:31:00Z The repertoire for these singers was once limited mainly to baroque composers like Monteverdi and Handel, who wrote roles for male castrati. A high-voiced rising star at 25 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The only aural record of a castrato is of nine recorded selections of castrato Alessandro Moreschi, believed to be the last singer of his kind. Falsetto: The enduring love affair with the soaring male voice 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Rounding out a Rabelaisian cast are the goddess Venus, the boozer Piet the Pot, a cross-dressing astronomer, his dominatrix wife, a petulant boy prince who sings in the range of a castrato and sundry others. Music: New York Philharmonic Stages Ligeti?s ?Grand Macabre? 2010-05-21T19:40:00Z "I was interested in castrati because what happened to them was the most criminal thing in the history of classical music," she says. Ceclia Bartoli: the limitations of being a mezzo 2010-12-23T22:00:04Z In the paradoxically plaintive and joyous sound of a castrato’s voice channeling Handel’s music, the King has glimpsed a paradise beyond his fractious court and his burdened royal self. Review: Mark Rylance Returns to Broadway as a Mad Monarch to Cherish 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Their warriors, kings and men of consequence were almost always sung by a castrato or a woman. Review: Alice Coote Sings a Recital at the Brighton Festival 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Once Mr. Davies had accepted the singing role, she tailored her musical choices to the specific qualities of his voice, rather than trying to imitate the elusive sound of the castrato. Writing Her Way From Backstage to Broadway 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Dasha marries another court singer, one of the castrati from Italy. 'The Mirrored World': the clash of faith and reason in 1700s St. Petersburg 2012-09-06T20:20:04Z When the supply of castrati dried up, women took over. Review: Alice Coote Sings a Recital at the Brighton Festival 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The real Farinelli was a castrato, his high voice resulting from childhood castration, a once common procedure starting in the 1500s. Rivals on Xbox, Partners Onstage 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Historically, perhaps most famously, beautiful high notes are often associated with opera roles originally written for a particular group of male singers known as "castrati," who were castrated. Falsetto: The enduring love affair with the soaring male voice 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z All the characters here are men: roughly half were originally played by contraltos in drag, the rest being sung by castrati. Handel: Arias 2010-04-08T21:05:00Z Italian opera was largely high-voice dominated, and of course relied heavily on extreme coloratura, whereas in the French tradition, you're dealing with female sopranos but no castrati, as well as basses and very high tenors. Glyndebourne 2013: Hippolyte et Aricie - Baroque à la française 2013-07-23T14:35:12Z The conventional wisdom is that Rauzzini was one of those unfortunate boys castrated or snipped on the orders of choirmasters in an age when the castrati were the most revered and celebrated of singers. Bath celebrates the life of the bedhopping singing star of the 1700s 2010-04-12T06:00:00Z But you left out my favorite: “He breaks into castrati shrieks and yelps like a throttled bird clamped to the P.A.” Rush's Geddy Lee: 'I had a childhood full of stories about death and murder' 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z In Vivaldi’s day, when castrati ruled the roost, the entire cast would have been male. Review: In a funky Baroque opera house, Pacific Opera Project puts an immersive spin on Vivaldi 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Arianna takes a wife for the new emperor, which tracks musically since Handel wrote Anastasio for a castrato voice that well suits a women. Commentary: Why two theatrical extravaganzas bode well for the state of opera in L.A. 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z This is why castrati, who were for a long time made to sing in operas, had to be operated on before puberty. A Change to the Sound of the Voice Can Change Your Very Self-Identity 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Known as castrati, these singers were renowned throughout Europe until the cruel practice that created them was banned in the 1800s. Op-Ed: When a woman sings tenor, it's a superpower 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z That song, I was singing about castrati and that role in the Catholic church and how they literally did castrate boys for them to be able to sing better to god. Matt Berninger webchat – follow it live 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z At Yaddo, he worked on his play “I Am My Own Wife,” and a new play about castrati. The Ghosts of Yaddo Act Up 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, countertenors were effectively displaced by castrati. A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z And then there is the once popular, now defunct tradition of male castrati gushing out florid Handel arias in the upper echelons of the human vocal range. Trans woman to play Don Giovanni in historic moment for US opera 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z As recently as the 1800s, “castrati” were among the most popular singers in Europe. Opinion | The rot in USA Gymnastics goes beyond Larry Nassar 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It was only 100 years ago that the last castrato retired, after 30 years of service in the choir. The voice of God: life inside the pope's choir 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Lead single "Castrati Stack" was unveiled this morning, and while I’m pretty sure it doesn’t feature any actual castrati, it does make heavy use of soaring, distant vocal parts that Hecker corrupts with rippling noise. This is your next jam: Bat for Lashes, Pinegrove, and more 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z This élite group is kept busy performing not only music that was originally composed for castrati but also new works by contemporary composers, including Thomas Adès and George Benjamin. A Millennial Countertenor’s Pop-Star Appeal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z This was the height of popularity of castrati, men who had been castrated as boys, before their voices changed. Castration Affected Skeleton Of Famous Opera Singer Farinelli, Archaeologists Say 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Countertenors are in demand as replacements for the castrato voice in baroque opera of the 17th and 18th centuries. Countertenor Cencic on 'genderisation' in society 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z But no Renaissance composer ever wrote a top C – that was an embellishment added by showing-off castrati. The voice of God: life inside the pope's choir 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The hormonally enhanced males sang more rapidly and with a wider range of frequencies than the castrati—and females noticed the difference. Video: Macho Mice Make Manly Melodies 2011-07-26T16:33:56Z The progress of vocal cultivation was remarkably helped by the fact that at this time women were not permitted to appear upon the stage, all the female parts being taken by male sopranos, castrati. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present There are very few skeletons of individuals known to have been castrated, so anthropologist Maria Belcastro and colleagues sought to learn about Farinelli the person and the castrato. Castration Affected Skeleton Of Famous Opera Singer Farinelli, Archaeologists Say 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Eunuchs are capable of affording illicit pleasure, whilst the male sopranos, or castrati, are often utilized for that purpose. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology He was often sorry for them, for he knew that the perfect singing of this contrapuntal music was almost impossible except by castrati. Evelyn Innes The castrato whom they did engage was Carestini, who, though less celebrated, was at any rate a singularly artistic singer. Handel Women's parts, therefore, would be taken by castrati, or boys, whose sex it was necessary for a woman to assume. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca Farinelli’s teeth provide additional information about his daily life, unrelated to his status as a castrato. Castration Affected Skeleton Of Famous Opera Singer Farinelli, Archaeologists Say 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z So the King sent forthright to Abd al-Kadir, demanding of him the Minister and the castrato, whereupon he despatched them both to him and he commanded to hang them over the city gate. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 This looks as if the management had found it impossible to secure a sufficient number of Italian castrati, who probably demanded exorbitant fees. Handel They heard Farinelli, the most famous castrato of the century, but did not engage him; perhaps his demands were too high. Handel A man dressed like a harlequin was picking a countryman's pocket, and having his own picked, while he was in the act, by some sharp-featured imp of a castrato. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca |
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