Sunday, January 7, 2018

The Art of the Castrati

Cecila Bartoli 

I hardly know what to make of this. It's an explosion of talent - all of it Italian. 

The Castrati were young men, with promising talent as singers, who were castrated before puberty - so their voices remained high - as explained in the referenced Wikipedia entry. 

In this video an attractive young woman is the center of attention - and she makes the most of it. The setting is an opera house, with no one in it. And the orchestra is seated on the stage - behind the singer. That allows some innovative camera work.

The real star of the show, however, is the extremely complicated music - that she handles with amazing ease. 

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