Moreschi - Last Castrato

[nicksum29]

Also, singing into the recording cone would have cut nearly all of his resonance. There was once a lovely voice here.

[Xxmyriam1212Xx]

Guys in this recording he is over 50 years old and had lost much of the quality of his voice

[dalektaliban]

I feel really bad for this guy, i wish he could have a penis transplant or something

[lpgurlnj]

@dalektaliban His balls were chopped off, not his penis...I wished his balls weren't chopped off. He sounds so creepy.

[MzChelxoxo]

sad story :/ i can't believe he's over 50. 

[BeverageGuzzler]

This is just absolutely sickening.Well,I guess this proves that christianity is an institution of a bunch of faggots.

[natemorey]

That poor man, people are so barbaric when given the chance X/

[IlCOLElI]

back then boys' voice was believed to be an angel's voice that's why they had castrati (or castrato)

[josefpanes]

Watching this makes me hold my groin with a sigh...

[creamyfilling102]

i can't believe people actualy did that. can you imagine that being done today? cruel and stuff, but it would be cool to see lol.

[Jazanibea94]

Me parece tan triste!! U.U

[dhalsinhc]

this is historic but not good

[MrJdelaverriere]

That is HUMAN INSANITY, THISWAS A CRIME AGAINST SOCIETY....AND ALL THAT TO PLEASE CLERGY. In Spain they finally burn them (BUT TEY CAME BaCK) I France they cut their heads and they never came back !!!! The Guillotine did Good then !!!!!! In AMerica, they badly need GUILLOTINE !!!!!

[REEFLeafer91]

The reason they did this back then was because women were considered too "sexy" to be on stage. In order to get the Soprano or Alto sound they had to castrate young males.. Sucks? Very much so, I like my balls

[nazgulol]

Fake....

[ChisstTheCookie]

@nazgulol You're fake.

[The1994Ninten]

@nazgulol

Its proven, factual history that this took place. Its hard to believe, yes, but it really happened, and this is very real.

[daigoji83]

I like how there are exorcism videos included in the suggestions by youtube.

[31operafan]

I don't think they even gave him anesthesia when they castrated him. It was probably quick, but it may also have been extremely painful.

[31operafan]

I feel awful for Moreschi, but some of these comments had me nearly ROTFLMAO! xD

[rhythm2007mc]

feel sorry for castroto boys, having their man hood cut off, ouch

[Margene100]

What a shame they messed with him. His manly lower voice would have been so beautiful. How cruel they used to be--and still are in some regions

[londonblock]

Justin Bieber CASTRATO!!!!!!!!

[Normhib]

listverse.Correction,the ONLY recorded castrati, foilfever.obviously not a catholic are you?It's the Bach/Gounod version of Ave Maria.

[foilfever9]

What song is this? The song itself is actually really good...

[kobimzr]

@foilfever9 Ave Maria

[MISSLEKKA]

how can anyone like this, its so sad!

[praisetothesinners]

i actually enjoyed it

[darkshiv]

Key to staying young your entire life?

[MissSheilaBeila]

I just hope and pray this is not what happened to Michael Jackson at a young age. His voice remained high all of his life and his parents were desperate to keep it that way.

[Alan4Rayne]

@MissSheilaBeila Nah, many kids can confirm he didn't have it done

[SilverDoe6]

@MissSheilaBeila No, no...Michael could sing low when he wanted. You can hear his range in many songs. He just preferred speaking like that.

[logik316]

It sounds like he's singing falsetto, but with a lot more power.

[lilmissfarah]

very disturbing but i dont know why, he must have had such a sad life

[revojcr]

So that's how Justin Bieber did it..

[aznmoon45]

@revojcr , ur a cacahuate. ^^

[TheBrownTies]

wow really weird, sad also

[sergio007x]

thanks good youtub and another website exists, this record has at this time a unknown historical value from unknown prpportions

[StackCityEntOfficial]

fuck yeah! lets chop off our dicks so we can sing like girls!

i wonder what his normal talking voice sounded like lol

[unhinged22]

@StackCityEntOfficial They were forced as children to have their dicks cut off. It wasn't a choice. Ignorant.

[StackCityEntOfficial]

@unhinged22 just tryna make light of the situation lol calm down

[logik316]

@unhinged22

I think they only cut off their testicles. They left their pee-pees alone.

[FLIPmcCOOL]

@unhinged22 there testicles were crushed not dicks choped off

[Xxrandomchick]

okay this is just fucking scary :O

[ozmanovski]

@Xxrandomchick ahahahahahaha :))))

[Xxrandomchick]

@ozmanovski lol yeah

[EddyScbr]

That's just.... sad.... and creepy.... The things humans do for their own amusement....

[AssimoOne]

creepy, in a way. maybe it's just the old-time static that makes it weird. keep it up, Frater!