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2. Alessandro Moreschi - Wikipedia

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   Alessandro Moreschi c. 1914. Moreschi's Director at the Sistine was Domenico Mustafà, himself once a castrato soprano, who realised that Moreschi was, amongst other things, the only hope for the continuation of the Sistine tradition of performing the famous setting of the Miserere by Gregorio Allegri during Holy Week.

3. Castrato - Wikipedia

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   A castrato (Italian; pl.: castrati) is a male singer who underwent castration before puberty in order to retain a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice can also occur in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity .

4. Torture and castration of a Ukrainian POW in Pryvillia

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   A white car marked with a Z – a designation marking Russian military vehicles and a militarist symbol used in Russian propaganda – can also be seen in the video; the same car can also be seen in earlier, official videos released by Russian channels, of the Akhmat fighters at the Azot plant during the Russian capture of Sievierodonetsk. [4]

5. Baldassare Ferri - Wikipedia

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   Baldassare Ferri (9 December 1610 – 10 September 1680) was an Italian castrato singer. He is said to have possessed "extraordinary endurance of breath, flexibility of voice and depth of emotion". [citation needed]

6. Giovanni Battista Velluti - Wikipedia

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   Giovanni Battista Velluti as a young man. Giovanni Battista Velluti, colloquially "Giambattista" (28 January 1780 – 22 January 1861), was an Italian castrato.Considered "the last great castrato", [1] he had a reputation of being something of a diva, with some singers refusing to appear with him.

7. Giovanni Francesco Grossi - Wikipedia

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   He was born near Pescia in Tuscany, entered the papal chapel in 1675, and maintained an operatic career in Venice and Naples.He derived his nickname of 'Siface' from his performance of that character in Cavalli's opera, Scipione affricano. [1]

8. Venanzio Rauzzini - Wikipedia

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   Venanzio Rauzzini (19 December 1746 – 8 April 1810) [1] was an Italian castrato, composer, pianist, singing teacher and concert impresario. He is said to have first studied singing under a member of the Sistine Chapel Choir. [2]

9. Category:Castrati - Wikipedia

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