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Castrato
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Castrato
A
castrato
(Italian, plural:
castrati
) is a
type
of
classical
male
singing
voice
equivalent to that of a
soprano
,
mezzo-soprano
, or
contralto
. The voice is produced by
castration
of the singer before
puberty
, or it occurs in one who, due to an
endocrinological
condition, never reaches
sexual maturity
.
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