Castrato

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Arts Documentary hosted by Joanna Wake and published by BBC in 2006 - English narration

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Castrati were the undisputed superstars of 18th-century musical culture, driving crowds wild with their intoxicatingly androgynous virtuoso voices.

Nicholas Clapton, countertenor and castrato historian, analyses the anatomical mysteries of the castrato and the biological implications of castrato. He travels to Bologna, the adopted home of Farinelli, perhaps the most famous castrato.

And for the first time in Britain, American male soprano Michael Maniaci, a young Baroque opera singer whose voice did not break at puberty, performs Mozart's Exultate Jubilate, a piece originally written for castrato Rauzzini.

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Video Codec: XviD
Video Bitrate: 1612 kbps
Video Resolution: 672x384
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.750:1
Audio Codec: MP3
Audio Bitrate: 136kb/s VBR 48000 Hz
Audio Languages: English
RunTime Per Part: 59:01
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 746MB
Subtitles: English
Capped by: Adam Cook