Their sexual life wasn't always (all even in most cases) so carefree like TheXLTE is asserting. Actually with castration in most cases they lost hormonical sexual appetence. And in most cases their gonad were undeveloped. Sometimes some castrates had psychical sexual appetence and in this case it was plausible that they had affairs with ladyies and with men. But otherwise their furiousness can't be universalize to all castrated individuals.
this shit is just sick in the head the give up ur dick to sing what the fuck hell a real man if he wanted to be a singer whould not get his dick chopped off or nuts chopped off fuck that !
@TheXLTE they didnt give up there dicks, they had a sergery that enabled them to have kids, but they had normal sexuall function, and they were very populer with the ladies, because there wernt any condomes back then to prevent pregnancy. The castraty alsow grew bigger and taller then the averige man.
@tissetatten Not true. They took the testicles which meant no sperm so no kids. They did it before puberty so smaller voicebox, hence the voice. There are some reports that they had some sexual function, but probably not normal. Then as now a man with skilled hands can still satisfy a woman.
@tissetatten removal of the testicles would have resulted in sterility - same as when it's performed on any other male animal. Once your testicles have been removed, there is no surgery that can enable you to have a child, you no longer have any sex cells that could combine with an egg.
His voice isn't the most pleasant, however he seems to be able to sing with real empathy. Singing about suffering, I definitely hear it in his voice, whether it's an artistic choice or not.
realmente, ele era seu tatatatatatatatataravô. Ao entrar na puberdade, ele bateu uma bronha, gozou dentro de um vidrinho (presentinho para sua tatatata...), e só depois passou o facão nas bolita.
To the listeners to and critics of this video, before you go bashing this mans voice take this into consideration. This recording was not recorded on high tech digital technology in a fancy studio to be released on I Tunes, this was most likely recorded in a small room like a study with a piano and a phonograph and that's it and alot of the sound quality is lost from the old recording methods. Listen to the piano for example it sounds pinngey and weak nothing like we know a piano sounds like.
Castrating a child at an early age to make him become a castrato was risky. If someone castrated you in hopes of making you a singer didn't work out, how would you feel. Not worth trading, if you know what I mean.
Moreschi did actually sing a few private concerts. It would be unfair to put this down to a lack of talent in any case. The church was very wary of allowing it's singers to sing secular concerts and indeed it was a mark of Moreschi's popularity that he was allowed to record these records at all. I accept that Moreschi isn't in his prime in these recordings but the inescapable fact is that he was hugely admired in his day.
By the 19th century both Italy and the Vatican (see Pope Leo XIII) had banned this practice, but it was the families of some of the young boys who got their children castrated so that they could become famous singers. I know it's always easier to spread ignorance than either knowledge or critical thinking.
@87anAxelsson The tradition of castration was a part of italian national musical culture. It has been criticized by society in other european countries, though they were christian as well. Your attack is no more then stupid attempt to claim large and complex organisation (and a whole religion), because of things, that happened for centuries ago. No way...
By the 19th century both Italy and the Vatican (see Pope Leo XIII) had banned this practice, but it was the families of some of the young boys who got their children castrated so that they could become famous singers.
BTW, Norse Mythology was HIGHLY admired by the Nazis. So, I could say that they ( who actually did awful things to people who followed Abrahamic religions) would have liked your opinion, they wanted to rediscover the Aryan ancestral gods!
@SkateNater Noo....actually i'm more baffled by the ppl who thought this is piece was beautiful =.=...........if the word "castrato" was scratched in the video title, would you still think this is beautiful?! cmon, give your ears justice!
@aiayumi he wasn´t in his best time when he recorded these arias, plus he wasn´t near the best castrattos singers. But it is listened cause it gives an idea of how those great voices would be. And different from you I think that his voice is unbeliaveble, his voice color is inimaginable, I cant imagine how Farinelli would sing, definitely that would be like an angel crying
@aiayumi - LOL, I agree completely. His voice isn't all that great and people would be saying "what in the world is this?!" if they didn't know he was a castrato.
@SkateNater i wish technology could revive Farinelli...but to say this horrible singing is representative of the legendary, unearthly castrati (church, opera ones alike) is such a shame....
@kalju By the 19th century both Italy and the Vatican (see Pope Leo XIII) had banned this practice. Castration was not a practice encouraged by the church. In most cases, it was the families of the young boys who got their children castrated so that they could become famous singers and help the family's financial situation. I know it's always easier to spread, hatred, and ignorance than either knowledge or critical thinking.
I dislike it!!!!! that's not a singer, that's like a howl, terrible....! I'm countertenor, this is an offense to the opera, I curse that horrible voice!!!!
some ppl forget that the recording is of the worst quality..note the date..and note...also how any recording of that era ppl sounded like compare to today. So really this is like listening someone on an old mobile phone... imagine how he would had sounded in real life
I just thought people might like to know that the reason this recording may not sound quite as "pleasing" to them, knowing that castrato voices were known to be very beautiful in their time, is because Moreschi was about 44 or 46 when these recordings were made and not in his prime. He was probably beginning to lose some of his abilities at this point in his life.
This sounds horrible. Not worth cutting a poor baby's balls off so that you can have someone sing like this thier whole life... It is painful to my ears.
@victorbrunswick I have to argue with this comment. The twenty people who clicked dislike are people who have a difficulty getting out of the raspiness of Moreschi at this age, and how his voice sounds much more forced than many other singers.
If you disagree with what I just said, you and the twenty so-called eunuchs are all entitled to your own opinions.
Forse già era in età avanzata...ma dio mio è veramente inascoltabile anche nel fraseggio!Penso che non ci siamo persi nessun mostro di bravura in questo caso;ed oggi una voce così non passerebbe neppure l'ultimo dei concorsi.
@DrLeonardBonesMcCoy they would have done it when he was baby, so he did nthave the option. if you are circumsized, you probaly did not consciously make the decision either.
Open your ears... Moreschi sucked. Everyone can hear it. Being last castrato didn't make him a good singer. He was castrated before his first bd, so nobody could hear if he was talented or not. He was the last "working" castrato. That's why his voice was used in Capella Sistina, even if he sounded awfully.
Castration WAS condemned under Canon Law. A person who perform such a prosedure was excomunicated exo facto. Whether certain persons in the Church decided to turn a blind eye to the highering of these Castrati, is definitely arguable. Condemned or not this did not stop secular society from performing these practices on sly...and surgons from offering services for a price. Families would have their sons castrated in hopes of him becoming a great singer and the financial support of his family.
@SEMPRELISZT Thank you! Can ya believe these nuts who goin' on and on about a subject without researching it. In anycase, for those of you reading this post and are condemning castration as a " Church practice" Alessandro Moreschi could very well have been castrated for health reasons.As for rare forms of hernia, castration wasn't an uncommon " cure"
@gilloots1 lol Ok now, come on, that is a bit of an exaggeration. His voice is 20 times more powerful than Jenkins. Plus, he's doing the warbles on purpose. It was a stylistic thing back in those days. Florence Foster Jenkins... well, she just couldn't hit the notes! XD
Some here think this was some sort of abuse or the castrato didn't know what was going to happen to him. This was a lifestyle decision and before the 20th century, castrati were highly sought after because of their beautiful voices and unmatched vocal ranges. Catrati could hit notes higher than any Mezzo Sopranos and their hold them longer. Only the best singers were given this opportunity. Moreschi only sounds like he is in pain because he was almost 50, and recording was primitive then.
We humans are a crazy bunch, it would cool in a sick and twisted way if they did just one more to end the conjecture, im horrible i know!!! his voice is haunting, especially if you think what this bloke went through as a kid........
The times are very different now. Castrati usually came from poor families, and rather than possibly not surviving to adulthood because their parents could not feed all their children, some boys were castrated in hopes of a better life within the church. The few that maintained a singing talent could dream of becoming the "popstars" of their day in the opera. Those who didn't at least had a secure life in the church, as opposed to starving in poverty. Tough times, tough choices.
That horrid voice sounds freakish. It actually disturbs me that a man could sing like that. It sounds very unnatural. Typical of the Catholics to come up with a barbaric idea such as cutting a males testes of on the off chance they will sing like a mutated choir boy. Totally crap singing.
I'm not a Catholic, but you should get more information on this topic ^^ Well, at least they had their penises, in China (Imperial Palace) and even in the India of today(Hijras) they usually lost/loose EVERYTHING. And you wouldn't accept their reasons either.
Of course, castrating a man is not acceptable, but ... well, it wasn't only the church's fault. Especially rich people liked and payed for those singers in the past.
Hope, you could understand me, my English got worse
@IIiRosiII I actually did look into this. I had first heard about this on BBC radio 4 in the early hours of the morning a few weeks ago and although it disturbed me I found it fascinating. The Castratos were offered by their parents to escape poverty but many were not good enough, however by the time they realised this, too late, obviously they were not whole men.
@dromong It does sound freakish yes. Apparently even more so "in the flesh" as opposed to a very early recording (I presume this was pre dolby lol). The vocal tones of a young boy belted out by the fully developed lungs of a man. However, their testes were not actually cut off. They were made to sit in a very hot bath and their testes were "manipulated" and then when they were soft the tube supplying the male hormones to the body was crushed by means of a special tool.
@dromong i agree - it is a very disturbing voice. the first time that i heard, i felt his suffering, excrutiating agony, before i knew he was a castrato. many of those young men had no knowlegde of what had been done to them. if you read the book called "the last castrato" (i think that's the name - but i read it a long time ago) the saddness and overall emotional pain is overwhelming. i disagree the singing is crap - just a different style, a different way. good wishes, robbie
@dromong actually the church never specifically approved the practice, they just closed a blind eye. One of the reasons the singing sounds so strange to our ears is that at the time vocal technique was very different - they added a lot of slides and grace notes rather than singing the music "clean". Have you ever listened to a really good countertenor singing Contralto? And I don't mean choirboys, but grown men. They have a richness of tone that very few women are able to produce :)
He had a nice voice, but i can feel my balls heart when i listen to him... Im sorry, but every time he get his voice louder my balls got hit by an agonishing strange feeling...
It's not "very good"--Moreschi was past his prime when he made his recordings--nevertheless, his skill and lifelong dedication to his craft is still apparent.
The recordings of Moreschi are highly debated. While it's true that the voice of a castrato would deteriorate over time (as it surely would have by his 50's, when this recording was created), it is also worth noting changing musical tastes (many grace notes that were more popular in this era sound a but funky now) and poor sound quality as factors in the oddness of this performance.
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Not exactly pleasant to listen to. Could be the terrible quality of the recording, but somehow, I dont think higher quality recording could make him sound good.
@LucklessGun Yes, part of it is the primitive recording. This was 1902, after all. Furthermore, he was older at the time of the recordings. He was past his prime, vocally. His voice was unstable, if you really listen. He also seems to lack the flexibility that was associated with the castrati; they were famous for long cadenzas and breath capacity. Interesting to hear this sound, that was so prized at one point in history that they mutilated many young boys to achieve it.
beh bisogna considerare sicuramente l'età che aveva Moreschi quando ha registrato questo pezzo e anche le tecniche rudimentali con cui è stata realizzata la registrazione stessa...Tutti sommato è un' importante testimonianza di come fosse la voce dei castrati, anche se non rende perfettamente l'idea...
The effectiveness of castrating a child for the sake of his voice really diminishes as the person gets older. The circumference of the the neck and other adjacent structures don't lend itself to the unchanged vocal cavity that the male hormone helps to develope. Thus, the voice ends up sounding really shrilly and squiky--almost alien like. It's really sad.
na boa, não achei bonito não, vai ver esses castrati nem eram tão bons como reza a lenda. Hoje em dia temos recursos que nos permitem realizar as musicas com muito mais precisão. mas isso não importa
wtf please tell me ur kidding cause if u do imagine what he would do all his life he would be ridiculed im only listening to this because it is very very ver y funny
@nikoparanza Thank YOU FOR THE OFFER. Unfortunately I have already gone through puberty. My son will sound like an ANGEL THOUGH JUST WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR TO SAY OK AND SEE HOW MUCH IT COSTS. I BOUGHT A MEDICAL BOOK AND I MAY TRY TO DO THIS PROCEDURE MYSELF IF ITS TOO EXPENSIVE
I think that, all being told, Moreschi had a pretty good voice. Considering that he was getting older when this record was made, and considering the quality of recording equipment in his day, I don't think the recording does him justice. Also, he's using 19th cent. Bel Canto technique; I think he could have benefited from using EITHER head voice, save for very low notes, or chest voice and singing lower range music. Basically, he's singing like most of his contemporaries in the Opera House.
well he was 46 when this was recorded and it's supposed to be the golden age of a voice : the recording technic can be responsible but he might have been very bad.
sounds terrifying. especially knowing its grown mans voice. some saying Michael Jackson was the latest castrato. there are many interesting articles online.
apparently the desire for sex still remained for some of the castrati and they were also able to maintain an erection. but apparently not able to ejaculate and obviously they cannot father children.
Actuall, robbiew8n, there were documents proving that castrati had indeed fathered children... also, castrati could ejaculate but not fluid from the testes (obviously) only fluid from the prostate.
hi motetftw to be a castrato, they would have their testes removed before puberty. spermatozoa are produced in the testes after puberty and it should therefore be impossible for them to produce spermatozoa. fluid from the prostate does not contain spermatozoa in the absence of testes. maybe some castrati claimed to be fathers, to bolster their own damaged egos. as there was no dna testing then, we will never know.
While it is true that not having testicles does not render a male incapable of ejaculation--or even having an erection--how would it be possible for any male to reproduce without sperm cells coming out of his penis? No testicles = no sperm, period. Semen is the fluid by which sperm is carried out of the penis, sperm are the cells which donate half of the genetic material for a new organism. Without testicles, spermatogenesis cannot possibly occur--meaning 0 chance of even producing 1 sperm cell.
They would be able to ejaculate, but they would be shooting blanks. The actual fluid isn't made in your balls, man.
I happen to know a guy who had his testicles removed because he got cancer, he still has sex and receives hormone therapy as well, though that is a luxury the castrati would not of had.
I guess it's lucky for the castrati that a good portion of getting it up is based on desire, rather than hormones, so at least they got laid.
Florence Foster Jenkins lives!!!!!!!!!!!!
jr1844 1 week ago
haha it is absolutely.....horrible ^^
draZZzz34 1 week ago
Que mal rollo...
mickelpool 2 weeks ago
この画像がまた何とも。
たしかにすごいけど首絞められた鶏みっでたのう
00mb00cg 3 weeks ago
Do not play this to a 5-year-old you'll scar them for life.
7beers 4 weeks ago in playlist CASTRATO, BBC Documentary
I think this is beautiful.
anddrewful 1 month ago
this will haunt me in my sleep
tubertomp 1 month ago 2
for some reason i am drawn to his voice i dunno i love it
18aaronjames 2 months ago
EXPECTACULAR VOZ TENGO 16 AÑOS ME GUSTARIA TENER ESA VOZ!
Richynew18 2 months ago
Their sexual life wasn't always (all even in most cases) so carefree like TheXLTE is asserting. Actually with castration in most cases they lost hormonical sexual appetence. And in most cases their gonad were undeveloped. Sometimes some castrates had psychical sexual appetence and in this case it was plausible that they had affairs with ladyies and with men. But otherwise their furiousness can't be universalize to all castrated individuals.
ristopearukoovit 2 months ago
this shit is just sick in the head the give up ur dick to sing what the fuck hell a real man if he wanted to be a singer whould not get his dick chopped off or nuts chopped off fuck that !
TheXLTE 2 months ago
@TheXLTE they didnt give up there dicks, they had a sergery that enabled them to have kids, but they had normal sexuall function, and they were very populer with the ladies, because there wernt any condomes back then to prevent pregnancy. The castraty alsow grew bigger and taller then the averige man.
tissetatten 2 months ago
@tissetatten Not true. They took the testicles which meant no sperm so no kids. They did it before puberty so smaller voicebox, hence the voice. There are some reports that they had some sexual function, but probably not normal. Then as now a man with skilled hands can still satisfy a woman.
7777Hugh 2 months ago
@tissetatten removal of the testicles would have resulted in sterility - same as when it's performed on any other male animal. Once your testicles have been removed, there is no surgery that can enable you to have a child, you no longer have any sex cells that could combine with an egg.
jacqui835 4 weeks ago
hes mourning the loss of his testicles
vincenz55 3 months ago
Was it worth....not
piraan2 3 months ago
@piraan2 not how u go do it and find out
TheXLTE 2 months ago
His voice isn't the most pleasant, however he seems to be able to sing with real empathy. Singing about suffering, I definitely hear it in his voice, whether it's an artistic choice or not.
Puppyizzy 3 months ago 2
@Puppyizzy Bear in mind this was towards the end of his singing life; i.e. he was old.
jonmcsingee 2 months ago
esse carra he meu parente axo qe he meu tatatatatatatatara vo
vinicius54013 3 months ago
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realmente, ele era seu tatatatatatatatataravô. Ao entrar na puberdade, ele bateu uma bronha, gozou dentro de um vidrinho (presentinho para sua tatatata...), e só depois passou o facão nas bolita.
diogoolivi 3 months ago
yeah this sucks, DEFINITELY not worth having your balls cut off
YOYOdaMOOSE 4 months ago 3
To the listeners to and critics of this video, before you go bashing this mans voice take this into consideration. This recording was not recorded on high tech digital technology in a fancy studio to be released on I Tunes, this was most likely recorded in a small room like a study with a piano and a phonograph and that's it and alot of the sound quality is lost from the old recording methods. Listen to the piano for example it sounds pinngey and weak nothing like we know a piano sounds like.
GerouchM 5 months ago
Castrating a child at an early age to make him become a castrato was risky. If someone castrated you in hopes of making you a singer didn't work out, how would you feel. Not worth trading, if you know what I mean.
thelaughingguitar 5 months ago
He makes Justin Bieber look good....
ShortStuff2187 5 months ago
@ShortStuff2187 Nah.
TrinoElrich 5 months ago
Moreschi did actually sing a few private concerts. It would be unfair to put this down to a lack of talent in any case. The church was very wary of allowing it's singers to sing secular concerts and indeed it was a mark of Moreschi's popularity that he was allowed to record these records at all. I accept that Moreschi isn't in his prime in these recordings but the inescapable fact is that he was hugely admired in his day.
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The Catholic Church has always hurt and humiliated people. Crush Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Hail the Nordic gods!
87anAxelsson 6 months ago 26
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@87anAxelsson nordic gods?
the gods of fire ,thunder,death,blood,human sacrificies and antropomorphic forms ?
go to burn church and listen black metal little child
MetallicAwwf316 6 months ago
@MetallicAwwf316 No, but nature worship, and no bloody vision to convert other people, or to enslave them in the name of religion.
87anAxelsson 6 months ago 19
By the 19th century both Italy and the Vatican (see Pope Leo XIII) had banned this practice, but it was the families of some of the young boys who got their children castrated so that they could become famous singers. I know it's always easier to spread ignorance than either knowledge or critical thinking.
theannoyingtruther 2 months ago
@MetallicAwwf316 Burning down a church and listening to black metal sounds like a good night out
Ultre 4 months ago 2
@87anAxelsson The tradition of castration was a part of italian national musical culture. It has been criticized by society in other european countries, though they were christian as well. Your attack is no more then stupid attempt to claim large and complex organisation (and a whole religion), because of things, that happened for centuries ago. No way...
ChatlaninUef 4 months ago
@87anAxelsson thats just stupid! u cant say fuck religion and then be religius, thats just as bad no matter what the religion
tissetatten 2 months ago
@87anAxelsson Well, in this case it wasn't for churchs or even music's sake he was castrated. read wikipedia before being stupid, man.
BlackCarc 2 months ago 3
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Great! It's good to find people like you on youtube who have done some research and put in place people who don't know what they are talking about!
SEMPRELISZT 2 months ago
@87anAxelsson You reckon they're any better?
7777Hugh 2 months ago
@87anAxelsson
By the 19th century both Italy and the Vatican (see Pope Leo XIII) had banned this practice, but it was the families of some of the young boys who got their children castrated so that they could become famous singers.
BTW, Norse Mythology was HIGHLY admired by the Nazis. So, I could say that they ( who actually did awful things to people who followed Abrahamic religions) would have liked your opinion, they wanted to rediscover the Aryan ancestral gods!
theannoyingtruther 2 months ago
Guys just so you know, he was castrated. and that is for real.
MrKipp09 6 months ago 4
tendré pesadillas con los castrati
sior13 7 months ago
yo tambien jejej
TheGordocho 6 months ago
Imagine this voice without the 1902 shitty recording devices and the time that rot the clip.. He's voice had to be purely inconceivable!
Jozzu696 7 months ago
@SkateNater Noo....actually i'm more baffled by the ppl who thought this is piece was beautiful =.=...........if the word "castrato" was scratched in the video title, would you still think this is beautiful?! cmon, give your ears justice!
aiayumi 8 months ago 4
@aiayumi he wasn´t in his best time when he recorded these arias, plus he wasn´t near the best castrattos singers. But it is listened cause it gives an idea of how those great voices would be. And different from you I think that his voice is unbeliaveble, his voice color is inimaginable, I cant imagine how Farinelli would sing, definitely that would be like an angel crying
mnunezper 7 months ago
@aiayumi - LOL, I agree completely. His voice isn't all that great and people would be saying "what in the world is this?!" if they didn't know he was a castrato.
FredericaBimble 6 months ago
@SkateNater i wish technology could revive Farinelli...but to say this horrible singing is representative of the legendary, unearthly castrati (church, opera ones alike) is such a shame....
aiayumi 8 months ago
GOTTA LOVE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH!
kalju 8 months ago
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@kalju By the 19th century both Italy and the Vatican (see Pope Leo XIII) had banned this practice. Castration was not a practice encouraged by the church. In most cases, it was the families of the young boys who got their children castrated so that they could become famous singers and help the family's financial situation. I know it's always easier to spread, hatred, and ignorance than either knowledge or critical thinking.
theannoyingtruther 1 month ago
I dislike it!!!!! that's not a singer, that's like a howl, terrible....! I'm countertenor, this is an offense to the opera, I curse that horrible voice!!!!
drj4u2b 8 months ago
this is actually a quite horrid piece......sounds quite bad....definitely not worth castrating for....
aiayumi 8 months ago
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aiayumi 8 months ago
It's an amazing voice... But makes me sad to know he was one of castrati guys...
justlly 8 months ago
some ppl forget that the recording is of the worst quality..note the date..and note...also how any recording of that era ppl sounded like compare to today. So really this is like listening someone on an old mobile phone... imagine how he would had sounded in real life
nandihno 9 months ago
OMG!!!!! THIS SINGER SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME
atd87atd87 9 months ago 11
I just thought people might like to know that the reason this recording may not sound quite as "pleasing" to them, knowing that castrato voices were known to be very beautiful in their time, is because Moreschi was about 44 or 46 when these recordings were made and not in his prime. He was probably beginning to lose some of his abilities at this point in his life.
Catarra777 9 months ago
This sounds horrible. Not worth cutting a poor baby's balls off so that you can have someone sing like this thier whole life... It is painful to my ears.
Salvus967 9 months ago
20 people are eunuchs.
victorbrunswick 10 months ago 2
@victorbrunswick I have to argue with this comment. The twenty people who clicked dislike are people who have a difficulty getting out of the raspiness of Moreschi at this age, and how his voice sounds much more forced than many other singers.
If you disagree with what I just said, you and the twenty so-called eunuchs are all entitled to your own opinions.
mysteryperson1976 10 months ago
sounds like my dad singing
spinege4 10 months ago
Oddly I sound a lot like him and I'm grown!
TheEureka41 10 months ago
I think they must have castrated him AFTER listening to this!
baronjohna 10 months ago
I guess most of you like this singing but I would choose a good sopran to sing for me this sound a bit like a chicken ^^
spirit2544 10 months ago
Forse già era in età avanzata...ma dio mio è veramente inascoltabile anche nel fraseggio!Penso che non ci siamo persi nessun mostro di bravura in questo caso;ed oggi una voce così non passerebbe neppure l'ultimo dei concorsi.
Phebus74 10 months ago
Forse già era in età avanzata...ma dio mio è veramente inascoltabile anche nel fraseggio.
Ho sempre trovato pessima la sua v
Phebus74 10 months ago
I always feel sick after listening to him. How the hell could you let a person chop your bollocks off
DrLeonardBonesMcCoy 11 months ago
@DrLeonardBonesMcCoy they would have done it when he was baby, so he did nthave the option. if you are circumsized, you probaly did not consciously make the decision either.
Salvus967 9 months ago
I'd rather keep my jewels thank you very much!
Monkeyslash 11 months ago
Open your ears... Moreschi sucked. Everyone can hear it. Being last castrato didn't make him a good singer. He was castrated before his first bd, so nobody could hear if he was talented or not. He was the last "working" castrato. That's why his voice was used in Capella Sistina, even if he sounded awfully.
Mantreko 11 months ago 4
Castration WAS condemned under Canon Law. A person who perform such a prosedure was excomunicated exo facto. Whether certain persons in the Church decided to turn a blind eye to the highering of these Castrati, is definitely arguable. Condemned or not this did not stop secular society from performing these practices on sly...and surgons from offering services for a price. Families would have their sons castrated in hopes of him becoming a great singer and the financial support of his family.
isabellemarie89 1 year ago 2
@isabellemarie89
Great to find people on youtube who know what they are talking about!
SEMPRELISZT 2 months ago
@SEMPRELISZT Thank you! Can ya believe these nuts who goin' on and on about a subject without researching it. In anycase, for those of you reading this post and are condemning castration as a " Church practice" Alessandro Moreschi could very well have been castrated for health reasons.As for rare forms of hernia, castration wasn't an uncommon " cure"
isabellemarie89 2 months ago
impressionante!
davidetero 1 year ago
people on here are unbearably ignorant. i don't think he could care any less about his "lost" manhood. shut up, fools!
0casteloencantado0 1 year ago
it's sound like Foster Jenkins !
gilloots1 1 year ago
@gilloots1 lol Ok now, come on, that is a bit of an exaggeration. His voice is 20 times more powerful than Jenkins. Plus, he's doing the warbles on purpose. It was a stylistic thing back in those days. Florence Foster Jenkins... well, she just couldn't hit the notes! XD
JairCrawford 1 year ago
Some here think this was some sort of abuse or the castrato didn't know what was going to happen to him. This was a lifestyle decision and before the 20th century, castrati were highly sought after because of their beautiful voices and unmatched vocal ranges. Catrati could hit notes higher than any Mezzo Sopranos and their hold them longer. Only the best singers were given this opportunity. Moreschi only sounds like he is in pain because he was almost 50, and recording was primitive then.
rippin97 1 year ago
The most beautiful singer I have ever heard.
Juliet0307 1 year ago 4
We humans are a crazy bunch, it would cool in a sick and twisted way if they did just one more to end the conjecture, im horrible i know!!! his voice is haunting, especially if you think what this bloke went through as a kid........
51m0n77 1 year ago
amazing
charliethepunk 1 year ago
for anyone interested the book "cry to heaven" by anne rice is a great fiction about castrati.
greeneyedlady01 1 year ago
i Don´t like his voice..
lahmorga 1 year ago
YOU CAN TAKE MY BALLS BUT YOU CANT TAKE MY VOICE!
Patchmagic88 1 year ago
Что-то мне стало не по себе.
InfroLife 1 year ago 2
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InfroLife 1 year ago
The times are very different now. Castrati usually came from poor families, and rather than possibly not surviving to adulthood because their parents could not feed all their children, some boys were castrated in hopes of a better life within the church. The few that maintained a singing talent could dream of becoming the "popstars" of their day in the opera. Those who didn't at least had a secure life in the church, as opposed to starving in poverty. Tough times, tough choices.
aquaeyes11010 1 year ago 3
Makes my blood run cold - it's like something you would expect Hitler to do to the Jews, for entertainment and a bit of a laugh.
heathblanch 1 year ago
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that is abusive to casurate somebody nothing suprises me since the catholic church is terriost i will kill the pope
MrJohnbarkley1000 1 year ago
Creepy...
AmIEvilll 1 year ago 4
That horrid voice sounds freakish. It actually disturbs me that a man could sing like that. It sounds very unnatural. Typical of the Catholics to come up with a barbaric idea such as cutting a males testes of on the off chance they will sing like a mutated choir boy. Totally crap singing.
dromong 1 year ago
@dromong LOL.
I'm not a Catholic, but you should get more information on this topic ^^ Well, at least they had their penises, in China (Imperial Palace) and even in the India of today(Hijras) they usually lost/loose EVERYTHING. And you wouldn't accept their reasons either.
Of course, castrating a man is not acceptable, but ... well, it wasn't only the church's fault. Especially rich people liked and payed for those singers in the past.
Hope, you could understand me, my English got worse
IIiRosiII 1 year ago
@IIiRosiII I actually did look into this. I had first heard about this on BBC radio 4 in the early hours of the morning a few weeks ago and although it disturbed me I found it fascinating. The Castratos were offered by their parents to escape poverty but many were not good enough, however by the time they realised this, too late, obviously they were not whole men.
There will always be a story of something worse.
Your English is very good. What nationality?
dromong 1 year ago
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IIiRosiII 1 year ago
@dromong Thank you, I didn't speak English for one and a half year actively so it's not as easy as before. I'm from Germany.
But I'm relieved you actually know something about this topic. And I agree with you: It IS fascinating. (As long as it's part of the history...)
IIiRosiII 1 year ago
@dromong It does sound freakish yes. Apparently even more so "in the flesh" as opposed to a very early recording (I presume this was pre dolby lol). The vocal tones of a young boy belted out by the fully developed lungs of a man. However, their testes were not actually cut off. They were made to sit in a very hot bath and their testes were "manipulated" and then when they were soft the tube supplying the male hormones to the body was crushed by means of a special tool.
ickleian 1 year ago
@dromong i agree - it is a very disturbing voice. the first time that i heard, i felt his suffering, excrutiating agony, before i knew he was a castrato. many of those young men had no knowlegde of what had been done to them. if you read the book called "the last castrato" (i think that's the name - but i read it a long time ago) the saddness and overall emotional pain is overwhelming. i disagree the singing is crap - just a different style, a different way. good wishes, robbie
robbiew8n 1 year ago
@dromong actually the church never specifically approved the practice, they just closed a blind eye. One of the reasons the singing sounds so strange to our ears is that at the time vocal technique was very different - they added a lot of slides and grace notes rather than singing the music "clean". Have you ever listened to a really good countertenor singing Contralto? And I don't mean choirboys, but grown men. They have a richness of tone that very few women are able to produce :)
pellegrina60 1 year ago
He had a nice voice, but i can feel my balls heart when i listen to him... Im sorry, but every time he get his voice louder my balls got hit by an agonishing strange feeling...
danielf17 1 year ago 4
all i hear is a little man who seems to be sobbing in regret of his poor hairy testicles
2rip00 1 year ago 3
BALLZ!
roligare 1 year ago
Desentonaba como la mierda! le cortaron los huevitos al pedo pobre hombre, le podrían haber enseñado a cantar.
Una verdadera hijoputez, castrar a alguien para que cante...
VonGamben 1 year ago
@VonGamben jajajajajajajaja
MsKkaro 1 year ago
If I viciously grabed my husbands balls-- he would sound like that too. Have Mercy!!!! lol Maybe he'll be famous too. lol
lbredikhin5 1 year ago
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I'm not sure it's very good....
tysa888 1 year ago
@tysa888
It's not "very good"--Moreschi was past his prime when he made his recordings--nevertheless, his skill and lifelong dedication to his craft is still apparent.
Doliath 1 year ago
My God!This singer is a pure genious!
Juliet0307 1 year ago 9
@Juliet0307 He's no genius, he just got no balls...
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Juliet0307 1 year ago 5
I found this quite scary.
kmvoss 1 year ago
I feel bad for the guy.
And for myself. Why did I put myself through listening this? The horror, oh the horror!
BlacktoryProject 1 year ago
The recordings of Moreschi are highly debated. While it's true that the voice of a castrato would deteriorate over time (as it surely would have by his 50's, when this recording was created), it is also worth noting changing musical tastes (many grace notes that were more popular in this era sound a but funky now) and poor sound quality as factors in the oddness of this performance.
But then again, maybe he just sucked...
calculusaffair 1 year ago
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Not exactly pleasant to listen to. Could be the terrible quality of the recording, but somehow, I dont think higher quality recording could make him sound good.
LucklessGun 1 year ago
@LucklessGun Yes, part of it is the primitive recording. This was 1902, after all. Furthermore, he was older at the time of the recordings. He was past his prime, vocally. His voice was unstable, if you really listen. He also seems to lack the flexibility that was associated with the castrati; they were famous for long cadenzas and breath capacity. Interesting to hear this sound, that was so prized at one point in history that they mutilated many young boys to achieve it.
RavenSiren 1 year ago
we must realize that his best voice was years before the phonograph was invented! this is stuff from he was in his 50's i think. but its still good.
acerb45666555 1 year ago
lame
10111542 1 year ago
he sound creepy as fuck. not worth the trade off. i rather have balls
alucardgrindcore 1 year ago
@alucardgrindcore boys were not given a choice. They were castrated against their will.
RavenSiren 1 year ago
@RavenSiren it was a choice..some of them made the decision in doing so cause they would be provided with wealth through out there career
motleycrue24 1 year ago
I can feel his sadness and pain , please dont do that to your children
luxiana89 1 year ago
MR NO BALLS HAS A FUNNY VOICE
MultiMurder 1 year ago
beh bisogna considerare sicuramente l'età che aveva Moreschi quando ha registrato questo pezzo e anche le tecniche rudimentali con cui è stata realizzata la registrazione stessa...Tutti sommato è un' importante testimonianza di come fosse la voce dei castrati, anche se non rende perfettamente l'idea...
vitulanoboys91 1 year ago
Weird!
Binford61OO 1 year ago
Oh hot damn this is my jam
teddiursaGO 1 year ago
A esta cancion le faltan huevos! / This song need more balls!
BOHEMIANMEX 1 year ago
The effectiveness of castrating a child for the sake of his voice really diminishes as the person gets older. The circumference of the the neck and other adjacent structures don't lend itself to the unchanged vocal cavity that the male hormone helps to develope. Thus, the voice ends up sounding really shrilly and squiky--almost alien like. It's really sad.
OrisLover 1 year ago
na boa, não achei bonito não, vai ver esses castrati nem eram tão bons como reza a lenda. Hoje em dia temos recursos que nos permitem realizar as musicas com muito mais precisão. mas isso não importa
tirlescalvo 2 years ago
I plan on having my son castrated so he can sing like this.
BonerPirate 2 years ago 55
wtf please tell me ur kidding cause if u do imagine what he would do all his life he would be ridiculed im only listening to this because it is very very ver y funny
MultiMurder 2 years ago
I was DEAD SERIOUS MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
BonerPirate 1 year ago
ur telling me to mind my own buisness yet YOU rite this comment for eveyone to read
DUMB ASS!!!!
MultiMurder 1 year ago
@BonerPirate Lmao....that's cold.
ekocentric 1 year ago
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PresidentOffDuty 1 year ago
@BonerPirate that's illegal!!! and cruel!!
PresidentOffDuty 1 year ago
@BonerPirate and when he is older, he will no doubt say thank you daddy, offering you the same quality of love and respect that you showed him.
good wishes to you.... and yr son
robbiew8n 1 year ago
@robbiew8n MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU AS WELL.
BonerPirate 1 year ago
@BonerPirate
dude...
Guichotpresident 1 year ago
@BonerPirate loooooooooooooool
theiceman74 1 year ago
@BonerPirate Please you must be kidding, dont joke with that
luxiana89 1 year ago
@BonerPirate wahahaha
aravis123 1 year ago
@BonerPirate honestly i think the same way wahahahahah XD
aravis123 1 year ago
@BonerPirate
You're an animal.
revisionist3500 1 year ago
@BonerPirate
My veterinary would be happy to service you, for a fair price. So you could sing like Moreschi.
nikoparanza 1 year ago
@nikoparanza Thank YOU FOR THE OFFER. Unfortunately I have already gone through puberty. My son will sound like an ANGEL THOUGH JUST WAITING FOR THE DOCTOR TO SAY OK AND SEE HOW MUCH IT COSTS. I BOUGHT A MEDICAL BOOK AND I MAY TRY TO DO THIS PROCEDURE MYSELF IF ITS TOO EXPENSIVE
BonerPirate 1 year ago
@BonerPirate Uh, I don't really think that's a good idea! Honestly, don't do this procedure yourself!
JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
@BonerPirate
I'm pretty sure its illegal to do this now
emeraldrafael 10 months ago
@BonerPirate man i hope ur joking, aswell as the 53 people who liked this.
Salvus967 9 months ago
@BonerPirate your username and the comment doesn't make sense
atd87atd87 9 months ago
a voz dele é assim porque ele foi castrado na infância.
torrestoledolucas 2 years ago
I think that, all being told, Moreschi had a pretty good voice. Considering that he was getting older when this record was made, and considering the quality of recording equipment in his day, I don't think the recording does him justice. Also, he's using 19th cent. Bel Canto technique; I think he could have benefited from using EITHER head voice, save for very low notes, or chest voice and singing lower range music. Basically, he's singing like most of his contemporaries in the Opera House.
olcorganist 2 years ago
um véi desse com a voz assim, chega a ser assombroso !
eusoubaheeea 2 years ago
Sur une voix plus belle, le résultat aurait été encore meilleur, mais bon, honneur à lui d'avoir sacrifié sa descendance au Dieu Chant.
mariasarda 2 years ago
Gran voz, pero pobre amigo, castrado para el canto.
luismanuelcd 2 years ago 3
That song needs more balls / A esa canción le faltan huevos
BOHEMIANMEX 2 years ago 2
@BOHEMIANMEX jajjaajjajajajja!! asi es.
luismanuelcd 2 years ago
man....the guy sung really badly...
wonder if it always had been the case, or it's just the age..?
marribor 2 years ago
well he was 46 when this was recorded and it's supposed to be the golden age of a voice : the recording technic can be responsible but he might have been very bad.
firstlaughinghyena 2 years ago 3
Was I imagining it but there was some noise at 1:15?
daanok 2 years ago 4
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that gay is pussy
rolasandos 2 years ago
ow...
he's tone deaf too. bummer for him. all that snippin' and the voice still be slippin'
scotttblisss 2 years ago
sounds terrifying. especially knowing its grown mans voice. some saying Michael Jackson was the latest castrato. there are many interesting articles online.
ChattyTown 2 years ago
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fuckin pussy
rolasandos 2 years ago
hi rolasandos
your comment offends me deeply... i wish that i could find an appropriate reply.
do you have any idea what this man suffered at the hands of his parents and doctors...? it was not his choice.
good wishes
robbie
robbiew8n 2 years ago 2
it sounds fukin horrible
dolunapichardo 2 years ago 7
If u dont have testicles, does it mean that you dont have any desire for sex? :D poor dude LMAO. And that "singing", that's just fucking horrible.
TheKeisari 2 years ago
hi thekeisari
apparently the desire for sex still remained for some of the castrati and they were also able to maintain an erection. but apparently not able to ejaculate and obviously they cannot father children.
good wishes
robbiew8n
robbiew8n 2 years ago 6
Actuall, robbiew8n, there were documents proving that castrati had indeed fathered children... also, castrati could ejaculate but not fluid from the testes (obviously) only fluid from the prostate.
Motetftw 2 years ago 2
hi motetftw to be a castrato, they would have their testes removed before puberty. spermatozoa are produced in the testes after puberty and it should therefore be impossible for them to produce spermatozoa. fluid from the prostate does not contain spermatozoa in the absence of testes. maybe some castrati claimed to be fathers, to bolster their own damaged egos. as there was no dna testing then, we will never know.
good wishes
robbiew8n
robbiew8n 2 years ago 2
While it is true that not having testicles does not render a male incapable of ejaculation--or even having an erection--how would it be possible for any male to reproduce without sperm cells coming out of his penis? No testicles = no sperm, period. Semen is the fluid by which sperm is carried out of the penis, sperm are the cells which donate half of the genetic material for a new organism. Without testicles, spermatogenesis cannot possibly occur--meaning 0 chance of even producing 1 sperm cell.
Authilus 2 years ago
@robbiew8n
They would be able to ejaculate, but they would be shooting blanks. The actual fluid isn't made in your balls, man.
I happen to know a guy who had his testicles removed because he got cancer, he still has sex and receives hormone therapy as well, though that is a luxury the castrati would not of had.
I guess it's lucky for the castrati that a good portion of getting it up is based on desire, rather than hormones, so at least they got laid.
hamneggwich 1 year ago