A castrato is a male singer who was castrated before puberty. The immediate effect on their voice was that they retained the high notes andrangeof their immature voice, but the operation also had a variety of other effects. The lack of testosterone meant that the singers’ bones didn’t har...
The opera singer must be prepared to perform in front of large groups and acoustically varied venues as well. It helps if the opera singer knows how to speak more than one language, though this is not necessarily a requirement. Operas are written in a variety of languages, and while the ...