Michael Maniaci - Parto, Ma Tu Ben Mio

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From his amazing album "Mozart - Arias for male soprano".
I think his tone is pure and beautiful on the middle and upper register, but not so solid on the low register, unlike countertenors or sopranists, Michael sounds more comfortable singing higher!

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[2010wieliczka]

@primohomme alto castrato had lower vocal range then Michael :) and when they completed soprano range with head voice or falsetto they should be classify as soprano contretenor or falsetto soprano?

[primohomme]

@2010wieliczka

When did I say Michael Maniaci was an alto castrato? I don't recall.

And a man who is not a natural alto/soprano but accesses that tessitura by use of falsetto is either a countertenor (singing in the alto range) or a sopranist (a high countertenor).

[calev48]

He is not a castratti just a puberty condition

[primohomme]

@calev48

Obviously, specially considering castration of a child is illegal nowadays...

[leoperarm]

too much vibrato for a person who is supposed to sound somehow like a castrato...

[primohomme]

@leoperarm

His technique is modern, not of the school of Porpora.

[2010wieliczka]

@primohomme Misunderstanding. I notice, that in history of music where some alto castratos who had lower natural register then this of Michael- uncrippled man with higher natural voice then some castrati. An ironic twist of fate.

Dariusz Paradowski had full soprano range with voice unlike to falsetto, it was rich, full, flexible voice. Nobody knows where his natural voice was ending and “unnatural” started, rather up to alto range. He was described both as sopranist and countertenor.

[rlee1976]

I really cannot understand how people come on here saying there's too much vibrato and it's not what the composer intended. In that case, this is Mozart's last opera - so then would you suggest Pamina and Despina and Figaro and Susanna ALL sing without vibrato? Because that's what your contending! If it's ok for singers of other voice types to sing with vibrato in this repertoire as well as Baroque, then why can't countertenors and male sopranos? Answer that one.... I dare you.

[rlee1976]

What do you guys think of my version? It's on here under ROBERT E. LEE, MALE SOPRANO - I have my own recording of Parto, Parto on here. Would love to see what you think.

[oceanodefuego1]

No, pues un castrato producía sonidos fuera de este mundo. Ésta, por supuesto, es voz humana. Aun la del maestro Moreschi suena penetrante, a pesar de no haber vivido en los tiempos de los grandes castrados

[DBurg827]

amazing voice!!