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Rob Instigator · 01.22.2008, 10:22 AM

http://thesmartset.com/article/article0806070116.aspx

I have always found it very interesting how castrati were "created" and used.

You can hear a castrati singing here

Today, anyone curious about the castrati’s unique voices can listen to a recording made in 1902 by the very last of the breed, Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922).

http://thesmartset.com/files/audio/AMoreschi.mp3

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