I feel strangely self-conscious carrying this DVD case around.
I finally got my hands on "Farinelli" again, V was kind enough to lend it to me. She also lent me Mika's "The boy who knew too much" and "Hoodwinked".
Farinelli, or so he called himself, was the most famous castrato who ever lived. Women literally fainted when they heard him sing. What is it about men with high singing voices that women love so much?
Personally, I find it really... desirable. Sexy. Exciting. How else can I describe the feeling? I just like it. It's human and god-like at the same time. They were divas, charismatic, charming, vocally flexible, full of stamina, and had the ability to sing for more than a minute without breathing.
In this present day and age, castrati have more-or-less become extinct. I think they made it illegal or something, so now we have our male-sopranos or our countertenors.
It's a bit sad, though. I really would love to have had the chance to watch a castrato in concert. Maybe someday soon someone would invent a time machine, and it would take me back at least 300 years.
I finally got my hands on "Farinelli" again, V was kind enough to lend it to me. She also lent me Mika's "The boy who knew too much" and "Hoodwinked".
Farinelli, or so he called himself, was the most famous castrato who ever lived. Women literally fainted when they heard him sing. What is it about men with high singing voices that women love so much?
Personally, I find it really... desirable. Sexy. Exciting. How else can I describe the feeling? I just like it. It's human and god-like at the same time. They were divas, charismatic, charming, vocally flexible, full of stamina, and had the ability to sing for more than a minute without breathing.
In this present day and age, castrati have more-or-less become extinct. I think they made it illegal or something, so now we have our male-sopranos or our countertenors.
It's a bit sad, though. I really would love to have had the chance to watch a castrato in concert. Maybe someday soon someone would invent a time machine, and it would take me back at least 300 years.
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