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castrato
noun[ C ]
music specializeduk /kæsˈtrɑː.təʊ/ us /kæˈstrɑː.toʊ/pluralcastratiuk /kæsˈtrɑː.ti/
in the past, a male singer whose voice remained high because his testicles (= sex organs that produce sperm) were removed before he became an adult:
Handel wrote the part for the celebrated Italian castrato Senesino.
The last castrato singer died in 1920.
The most famous singers at the time were castrati.
The title role would have been taken by a castrato.
The castrato voice was once widely believed to be the most beautiful of human sounds.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Singing
a cappella
accompaniment
accompany
alto
anthem
contralto
countertenor
croon
crooner
dirge
ditty
intonation
prima donna
psalm
quartet
quintet
raise the roofidiom
singsong
the Internationale
warble
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