CASTRATO, BBC Documentary Part 5 of 6

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[chrisstevensjunior]

i wish people can be castrated by choice if they want to let them stupid laws...

[primohomme]

@chrisstevensjunior

Even voluntarily the boy would have to be castrated before age 12...

And I personally think a 12 year old does not have the mental maturity

as to make such an important decision which will affect the rest of his life, not only his sexual and reproductive life but also his health both physical and mental.

[whistlenotelover]

isn't 6:06 horridly flat! makes you ask why did they chose to get a normal, or 'average' tenor and have him push his instrument in his middle voice sounding this tight, and ungraceful if the question was to have a man vocal tract/sinuses don't you think the BBC should have spent a lil more time on trying to acquire a naturally higher sitting tenor voice, aka the HAUTE-CONTRE type tenor these type of tenor in chest/full voice are known to sing up to G5, COMFORTABLY hence their androgynous timbre!

[thomastmwc]

one thing he can't do: have a normal man's sound

[n5rnd]

@macallan30forme Isn't that literally impossible? I mean, "prepubescent semen bottling?"

[jewelmarkess]

@primohomme I agree. The times are different today too. I think we forget that back then the life and mentality were very different: people were starving, dying early, there was no way for a boy born in a poor family not to go hungry and make a living if not become a star than at least as a church singer. Also people looked at sex differently. Mutilation was common as a punishment or "medical treatment": I read people back then were castrated as part of "treatment" for hernia too.

[primohomme]

@MooseyFate100

No daaahling, it's head voice and it's quite resonant and not strained, though it is a bit harsh like that of a female high belter like Patti Labelle or Aretha Franklin, but changing the vowel I can sing it much sweeter, here's an example of my sustained C6 and a scale up to D6

/watch?v=e-fQGWR5UqU

And just in case, here's a video where I show the difference between falsetto and head voice:

/watch?v=fx6P0wYziBE

[MooseyFate100]

@primohomme I guarantee your C6 is strained/gritty falsetto

[primohomme]

@92NordicQueen

There are many stories of their sexual affairs, both with married women and married men, as well as amongst each other and with members of the clergy.

[92NordicQueen]

@primohomme As far as I know, ''it'' is flaccid without the testosterone that testicles provide...so no sex.

[mcconvilleme]

@macallan30forme You're a disgraceful human being.