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Definitions of castrato in various dictionaries:
noun - a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
A male singer castrated before puberty so as to retain a soprano or alto voice.
noun - a singer castrated in boyhood
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| A male singer castrated before puberty so as to retain a soprano or alto voice. |
| a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice. The practice of castration was banned in 1903. |
| a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice |
| A male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice. The practice of castration was banned in 1903. |
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A castrato (Italian, plural: castrati) is a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty, or it occurs in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. * Castration before puberty (or in its early stages) prevents a boy's larynx from being transformed by the normal physiological events of puberty. As a result, the vocal range of prepubescence (shared by both sexes) is largely retained, and the voice develops into adulthood in a unique way. Prepubescent castration for this purpose diminished greatly in the late 18th century and was made illegal in Italy in 1870. * As the castrato's body grew, his lack of testosterone meant that his epiphyses (bone-joints) did not harden in the normal manner. Thus the limbs of the castrati often grew unusually long, as did the bones of their ribs. This, combined with intensive training, gave them unrivalled lu |