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Callista posted an update 8 years, 7 months ago
For a change of pace – I have just ‘discovered’ the castrato Carlo Broschi – enjoy this piece of candy from the film “Farinelli”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIPQtelKN28
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Double swoon !
I hope you get to listen to Phillipe Jaroussky some time
there is a recording of Alessandro Moreschi (allegedly the last castrato) on YouTube which is, frankly, quite eerie.
EXACTLY Dahling!!
Looks like something that could have come from Fellini . . . I’ll have to listen later 😉
If I remember correctly, the voice for Farinelli’s singing was an overdubbing of 2 female voices in the film soundtrack . I suspect that if they had used a real counter tenor the cries of “transhumanist agenda” would have been made years earlier than this current panic.
Another clip from the movie is here :
One of the comments below the video says:
“Although Dionisi provided the speaking voice, Farinelli’s singing voice was provided by the Polish soprano, Ewa Malas-Godlewska and a countertenor, Derek Lee Ragin, who were recorded separately then digitally merged to recreate the sound of a castrato.”
WOW what a treat! An aria from the movie “Farinelli”, but now with Jaroussky’s voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8HuTVSB4Yw
I stand corrected. Thankyou Callista. That movie was just fantastic.
I’m putting Dr.Farrell’s old vidchats on hold for a while to Jaroussky myself, possibly via Gluck (qv.)
Don’t overdo it Dahling! I recommend the occasional fugue (C.P.E. of course) to counteract the Jaroussky or you will be awake all night! Update: Yes its 1:37am for me so I thought it would be later for you (can’t reply on your last, website must have run out of paper)
You must have read my mind…was just going to post in the Forum with some CPE btw it’s 03.03hrs here so I am awake all night