Farinelli Essays

  • Castration History

    1827 Words  | 4 Pages

    Although the procedure was completed clandestinely, cities like Bologna, Lecce, and Norcia became centers for the surgery where the surgeons were further called to other capitals in Europe. The surgery was said to be quick and painless; one description of the operation comes from a French work published 1707, later translated into English in 1717 titled Eunuchism Displayed, under the pseudonym of Charles d’Ancillon: During the eighteenth century as many as 4000 boys were castrated in Italy to preserve

  • Farinelli Film Review: Carlo Broschi

    590 Words  | 2 Pages

    “Farinelli” Review The entertainer known as Farinelli, conceived Carlo Broschi , was acclaimed in the eighteenth century as the world's most noteworthy castrato, a male artist whose testicles were evacuated in adolescence so that he would hold the high, clear voice of a child while picking up the control and force of a grown-up vocalist. A strikingly skilled artist with a scope of more than three octaves, Farinelli was given minimal decision yet to yield his masculinity in return for his craft

  • The Role Of the Castrati in the Baroque Era

    1222 Words  | 3 Pages

    "History of Castrati in the Opera." By Irini Kotroni. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2014 Demarco, Laura E. "The Fact of The Castrato and the Myth of the Countertenor." N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Feb. 2014. . Austell, Edmund S. "Great Opera Singers." : Farinelli: The Great Castrato. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.

  • Nepal Without Poaching

    912 Words  | 2 Pages

    than your own) that resonated with you and discuss/explain what about that solution impressed you. Word count: 400 My favorite solution article was “A Full Year in Nepal Without Poaching” published in National Geographic and presented by Sarah Farinelli. The article describes how on March 3, 2014 Nepal celebrated 365 days with zero poaching within their borders, a second year of success. This means that not a single rhino has been poached within their borders for two, non-consecutive years. Their