Castrato
As if the castration of young male singers to preserve their vocal range wasn’t enough, there’s an even darker side to the story, and, unsurprisingly, it has to do with money.
The castrato was a male singer castrated before puberty to retain a high, powerful voice. This practice, which happened primarily in Italy from the 16th to 18th centuries, created singers with the lung capacity of an adult male but the vocal range of a soprano, mezzosoprano or c…
