castrato

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.

   “A castrato stepped forward, a slender / young man with earnest grey eyes.”

2. isim A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.

   “As contexts shift, so does generational taste. Just ask the castrati – the high-voiced boy singers displaced when Enlightenment liberalism restored female performers to the stage.”

3. sıfat Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently.
4. sıfat Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun).
5. sıfat Originally composed for a castrato.

   “Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles.”