The World of Castrati - Die Welt der Kastraten

Arno Raunig, a renowned Austrian male Soprano sings the aria "Se l'augellin sen fugge" from La Finta Giardiniera, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He is accompanied by the Concilium Musicum Wien conducted by Christoph Angerer. Recorded at the Palais Eschenbach in Vienna, Austria, in March 2007 by Oliver Zehner Productions. http://10er.cc - zehner@aon.at - www.arno-raunig.at

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[gharusa]

Castrato and Counter tenor is EXACTLY THE SAME THING! the only difference is that in the middle ages they used to CASTRATE men literally to give them this soprano voice. Hence CASTRATO !! Nowadays one doesnt have to be castrated but just trains to sing this way.

[zetNaught]

@gharusa

Finally!!! One-out-of-sevenhundredandsixt­yfive intelligent person! Congrats!

Thank you!

[iamfrancisittv]

@zetNaught

a castrato (musico) is different from a sopranist! a castrato has (perhaps "had" is more appropriate) a child's voice.

the practice of castrating boys before puberty to PRESERVE their voice, goes back to the bizantine empire (400AD), although castration of slaves or for punishment is way older. The practice went on until recently: there is supposed to be a RECORDING of a musico singing, and the practice was made illegal only in the past century. look it up.

[zetNaught]

@iamfrancisittv

Hi,

Arno has a trained soprano voice. He is not a castrate and not a countertenor (although similar).

Best regards.

[iamfrancisittv]

@zetNaught

glad you made your mind up

cheers

[zetNaught]

@iamfrancisittv

I didn't. These were always known facts to me.

Arno Raunig is a friend of mine, his voice is unique, as you might have found out.

Please buy his CDs and recommend them to your friends!

Cheers to you.

[cclukebangladesh]

wait a minute. he's singing in falsetto isn't he?

[AbuseDaForce]

say what you want, the guy has a GORGEOUS voice

[gadgetboy1234]

TROLOLLOL at 1:43 (literally)

[DanielAvilaAGT]

Heres another countertenor, watch?v=jLuy08eVQ3U

[xXDarkMafhXx]

i love my balls T_T i never change my balls for conserve my pubert voice D:

[kuponut26]

Ugh how BADLY i wanna become a counter tenor/male soprano! jealous much i am! >_<

[BakedDoritos1015]

A countertenor is more of a male alto while castrati is a male soprano. And gharusa is correct, in the middle ages parents would have their son castrated before puberty because, believe it or not, castraties would be the Lady GaGa of today, not in talent, but fame, so families would be very wealthy. Don't believe me, look it up, also Handel wrote a lot of his operas for castrati, that is why they aren't performed as much today.

[2010wieliczka]

@gharusa Nonsense. Where did you learned, that in middle ages ‘they used to CASTRATE”? Before baroque times men sung as counter tenors, in baroque they fall into decline because castrati were much more better. Castrati had a modal voice, counter tenor is a head voice or modal voice & head voice. It is much more difficult to sing soprano for counter tenors and work out natural, rich timbre. Counter tenor is like a piano, castrato is like grand piano. Exception- Dariusz Paradowski…

[ryuseki]

No. Castrato aint equal to counter tenor. Castrato has a higher range than counter tenor. For castrato, they are able to hit the high notes naturally, but for counter tenor, its re-enforced falsetto. The falsetto we usually hear sound weak, but people like this guy, he had to undergo serious training to strengthen his falsetto and thus achieving re-enforced falsetto.

[HenriRN]

He really have balls enought to sing this song (or not)