Michael Maniaci - Exsultate Jubilate & Allelujah

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From the amazing album "Mozart - Arias for male soprano" by Michael Maniaci.

Written by Mozart for the castrato Venanzio Rauzzini. Michael Maniaci, a true male soprano (not countertenor, or falsetist or even sopranist, but the real soprano deal) sings this with virtuosity and delivers precise coloratura, beautiful high notes and even 2 beautiful high C's (In classical period tuning of 430).

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• allelujah

[heikization]

the word soprano is used only for women but this guy can be between that

[primohomme]

@heikization

No. Soprano is a range, tessitura and timbre, not a gender...

In fact, the castrati who sang soprano were not called "male soprano", simply "soprano".

[WrittenOnParchment]

@primohomme Soprano is used to describe woman that can sing at a very high range. But when men can go that high, they are usually called Sopranists (considering most men who sing this high use falsetto and not a modal voice.). But Michael Maniaci is often credited as being a "male soprano" because he uses a modal voice.

[primohomme]

@WrittenOnParchment

Yes, but originally the term soprano refers to a range and a tessitura, not to male or female. In modern times came to be associated only with females, but in medieval and baroque times it was simply a range...and for example to this day we have instruments such as soprano sax, that doesn't mean it's a "female sax" it means it plays at a particular range with a particular timbre.

[primohomme]

@WrittenOnParchment

Yes, but originally the term soprano refers to a range and a tessitura, not to male or female. In modern times came to be associated only with females, but in medieval and baroque times it was simply a range...and for example to this day we have instruments such as soprano sax, that doesn't mean it's a "female sax" it means it plays at a particular range with a particular timbre.

[mradaChris]

Precisely. It is still soprano no matter how one thinks it should sound. Beautiful singing.

chris..

[prettycool997]

His voice did not break as a teenager but stayed young :) so all children start out soprano abs change with hormones but for some reason his didn't change and he doesn't have an health issues either it's just his voice didn't change for some reason

[jross247]

Possibly one of the BEST male soprano voices in the world.

[pedrofribeiro]

@olialto7 No, pretty easy. She's a mezzo, with a wide range, that keep thinking she's an assoluta, and as if, she wants to sing everything. But, actually, she has a very poor technique, a beautiful tone and timbre, but still. Bartoli uses coup-de-glote as coloratura technique, and that's not coloratura technique at all.

[MrJohnAndrewhall]

How fortunate (what chance), that Mr Maniaci was interested/studied music prior to puberty and the hiccup in his voice box development, he might just have been, "That garage mechanic with a high voice".

[kf9as]

@SCharton1972 His larynx never fully developed during puberty. He may well have normal testicular function, but he never underwent the laryngeal development which results in the "typical" deeper male voice.

[BRONXPEPE]

He is known as the best soprano he is Amazing!

[SheenaBrnai]

An ACTUAL Castrato involves...well....snip snip. No way around it. Regardless of his range, his tone is so pure, and his technique so solid, I AM JEALOUS! Performing this this semester. Hope it's as good as him.