Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Farinelli


Carlo Maria Broschi; known as Farinelli, the most famous opera singer in the 1700s. He was a singer that was castrated when he was young in order to preserve his voice. In the video that we saw in class was really amazing how Farinelli reach the high pitches for long time. It was an important video for me because not only showed me how young people were castrated in order to preserve their voice, it also shows the type of stage that were using at that time.   

  

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