Word: castrato

Category: castrato

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Related words: castrato

castrato farinelli, farinelli, castrati, last castrato, castrato singer, castrato singers

Synonyms: castrato

eyeglass

Translations: castrato

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french
Translations:
castrat
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czech
Translations:
kastrát
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polish
Translations:
kastrat
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estonian
Translations:
kastraat
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slovenian
Translations:
kastrát
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slovak
Translations:
eunuch, kastrát

The meaning and "use of": castrato

noun
  • a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice. The practice of castration was banned in 1903. - We tend to associate Handel operas with high voiced prima donnas, the castrati and the sopranos.

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