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Re: Castrati?

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On Thursday, October 21, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Catharine Honeyman wrote:
> I just finished a not-too-terrible book about castrati singers by, of all
> people, Ann Rice. In the historical notes at the end she mentioned that she
> had been able to hear a remastered (very old) recording of the last
> castrato, singing as a very old man. However, she neglected to tell us
> where ordinary folk like myself can go to listen to this recording.
> Does anyone have any ideas where I can find this? Not that I think we
> should bring the custom back, but I am awfully curious as to what castrati
> sounded like.
> Aloha,
> Catharine Honeyman

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