Castrati

Castrato is the Italian art that involves castrated men singing in the pitch of a female soprano. The man is castrated before puberty not allowing them to reach full sexual maturity. Once the boy was castrated, they were then trained to sing a certain way. As they grew older, their bodies matured allowing their lungs to grow to full size. With the large size of the male's lungs and they proper training, the singer was able to hold a note that surfaced anyone's imagination. In fact, there is even a movie based off of this very type of art and music. It is called Farinelli. Farinelli is about the art of opera. It centers around a young man who was castrated as a child not allowing his voice to mature. This action preserved his voice so he could perform in Operas and reach an extremely high pitch that had the ability to make women shed tears due to its beauty, and even faint. As it turns out, his older brother is the verdict for his castration. Farinelli is now seen as one of the most famous opera singers in the world.