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Meanings of
castrato
in English
Russian
певцы-кастраты
Portuguese
castrati
Spanish
castrados
Catalan
castrat
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Type of classical music male singing voice in upper registers.
castrato voice
Related terms
fach
Russian
певцы-кастраты
Usage of
castrato
in English
1
He laughed at people who said that a
castrato
could not procreate.
2
But Guido was sneering in the direction of the great
castrato
.
3
As soon as the
castrato
began to sing Tonio was enthralled.
4
And the Pope had never granted a dispensation for a
castrato
.
5
This
castrato
had a fine voice, but his chief attraction was his beauty.
6
Mozart wrote this motet for a very accomplished Italian
castrato
.
7
And then very slowly he turned his head, gazing back at the old
castrato
.
8
Rome however was still the place for a
castrato
's
debut, as far as Guido was concerned.
9
Any missteps and the monsignor will be able to join the
castrato
choir of his church.
10
Lorenzo, the
castrato
he had stabbed a month ago for tormenting him, was standing beside him.
11
Guido was moving away, and Piero, the blond-haired Milanese
castrato
,
came up to Tonio at once.
12
In fact, the
castrato
's
almost exquisite face seemed quite disfigured with rage before he had finished.
13
It was a
castrato
,
it had to be!
14
As soon as he raised his voice alone in the chapel, he would really be a
castrato
.
15
Only old Rubino, the elderly
castrato
who would play the second man, announced cheerily that he would sing.
16
I think he is a very pretty
'
castrato
'
,
and 'I have seen many as good-looking as he is.
Other examples for "castrato"
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castrato
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
become a castrato
castrato choir
elderly castrato
entrancing castrato
famous castrato
More collocations
Translations for
castrato
Russian
певцы-кастраты
кастраты-певцы
Portuguese
castrati
castrato
Spanish
castrados
capon
castrati
capón
castrato
Catalan
castrat
Castrato
through the time