Castrato BBC - Farinelli

[animantica1]

Nicola Porpora (1686-1768): Salve Regina In F for Alto and strings.

Countertenor: Michele Andalò. Played and recorded some years ago by Italian baroque ensemble "Cappella Teatina" conducted by the organist Saverio Villa. Actually the name of the ensemble is "Animantìca".

[migjurado]

This Salve regina is beautiful! who is the composer??

[shanette94]

i love the guy who acted farinelli in farinelli:il castrato!!!

[Clau83]

@shanette94 Me too :D

[shanette94]

@Clau83 hi-5!!! he kinda look like johnny depp alot!!!!

[Guivin111]

Can you please tel me the name the title of the music who appears at 1:47... Beautiful !!

[Tzintzuntzin]

Does anybody knows the name of the aria that Vivica Genaux is singing at the very beginning?

[Clau83]

@Tzintzuntzin It's the aria "Ombra fedele anch'io, from the opera Idaspe :)

[andrika1990]

maybe they should have used a countertenor and a MALE soprano for the voices in the movie. I think that would have been closer.

[andrika1990]

can someone tell me what the name of the song is thats being sung when they show the hour glass at the end??? its gorgeous.

[Clau83]

@andrika1990 It's the aria "Qual guerriero in campo armato", from the opera "Idaspe", by Riccardo Broschi. It´s performed by Vivica Genaux :)

[andrika1990]

@Clau83 oh thank you so much:DD Now where can I find it sung by her on a disc? What album specifically?

[Clau83]

@andrika1990 The name of the album is "Vivica Genaux - Arias for Farinelli"

:)

[andrika1990]

@Clau83 Thank you:D I will have to get it when I can!

[andrika1990]

is there more than one part to this or is this it?

[BobbyMercy1]

freakin rocks

[Hemitheon]

Anyone know who is singing at minute 7:00 or what song that is from? I gotta have it.

[impromtu77]

Oh! Nick! :D I sooo love him :) He is very kind! and a very good singer!

[jerryaltman]

Cannot marry if can't have kids ???

Freak church !!!

[lakit]

I would love to see the rest of this document.

[hustler01]

maybe they did this to micheal jackson

[lakit]

Well, you are not the only one thinking this way...but I hope they did not.

[mundie33]

@hustler01 lol

[andrika1990]

@hustler01 Um tell me how you suppose that when micheal jackson didn't even sing opera??? There is NO way his voice was remotely close to a castratos. not even anywhere near a similar comparison.

[ilcodega]

Grande Vivica! Grande Farinelli! Thanks for all...

[mmedefarge]

They have some recordings of the last castrato, Alessandro Moreschi to use, so it's not like they have nothing to go on. Granted the recordings are very old but the voice doesn't sound like anything special to me

[razzg]

This.. is ... wierd...

[sfkcbf]

An informative vlideo, e.g., revealing that the great Farinelli was lonely and desired love in his last years. I imagine that he would be suprised that the beginning used the voice of Genaux: her voice is the antithesis of a castrato voice, sliding and warbling. We may not know precisely the castrato sound, but there is much good evidence - written records from experts, Baroque conservatory training methods, medical/voice research, male sopranos, and the better countertenors and sopranists.

[GeminiAmbience]

Broschi's depression is well-known and written about by many authors. And any woman's voice will be an antithesis of a true castrato as the physiology is completely different; moreso due to the changes brought on by the loss of testosterone and the training the boys were put through to develop their chest/rib cages. To get a similar idea, watch talented boys in boy choirs who are very close to puberty. They won't have the same strength/control, but tonality will be as close as possible.

[jakeyjazz]

I've got a singing lesson with Nicholas in a couple of weeks! I can't wait!

[SerbianSoprano]

Nicholas is genius!

[JonasVanRetro]

la voz de fondo es la mezzosoprano Vivica Genaux, y el aria es Ombra fedele anch'io de Carlo Brosci Farinelli

[Claudiabb]

Nice vid.

The chorus guy (minute 3) sounds more like a contralto to me.

[Kayelle1980]

Hey, do you have the rest of this documentary, by any chance?

[mike13lowe]

i remember when this was on tv years ago thank-you so much for uploading it, it is fascinating!

[ishhf]

hola, discula... me llama la atencion el cantante del coro... su voz es bellisima... pero quiciera conocer el nombre del aria que interpreta... espero que vos conozcas el nombre... muchisimas gracias...

por un momento pensé que era el "se al labro mio non credi"... pero creo enteder que canta un "lacrimosa"

[frascari1]

it is from the the salve regina of nicola porpora, "ad te suspiramus"(adagio).

[Nathan1097]

Watching the film... Half way through - that countertenor in the church has a very nice but dark sound. this is nothing at all like recordings of the sistine chapel choir from 1902 and 1904 - including at least two castrati on the quartet recording.

[MissLimLam]

have you listened to Alessandro Moreschi

[Nathan1097]

Yuck. It is so misleading to use a countertenor to represent the castrato sound. Now imagine the people that saw this and thought- "Huh! That's what a castrato sounded like!" tsk tsk

[fromheretoglory]

Great video,... thnx,...

[mradaChris]

Very nice documentary!

[sfkcbf]

The huge problem with the computerized, approximated results is that they started with a countertenor and a female soprano whose sound, technique, and vibrato were a far cry from written accounts of the actual castrato sound. They overlooked using the amazing countertenor Andreas Scholl and a much better soprano such as Maria Cristina Kiehr or Gundula Janowitz. The results would have been much more accurate and much more beautiful.

[Flanclanman]

I completely agree.

Gosh, imagine if Andreas Scholl were a castrato *is starstruck by idea*

Wow...

[richard8114]

what is the name of singer?

[Clau83]

Derek Lee Ragin, if you mean the singer from Farinelli's soundtrack.

[richard8114]

no, la cantante del principio es la mezzo vivica genaux pregunto es por el cantante que aparece en el minuto 3 con 15 segundos te agradeceria si me pudieras colaborar

[Clau83]

Pues la verdad no se quien será, pero me parece que es simplemente algún cantante con voz de contratenor que no es conocido, de otra manera lo habrían presentado y hubieran puesto su nombre abajo mientras aparecía.

[frascari1]

he isn't a castrato but a counter tenor. michele andalò is his name

[Clau83]

Thanks!

[frascari1]

his name's michele andalò, counter tenor from bologna.