In a message dated 3/22/2001 1:17:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
taylor23f@h... writes:
taylor23f@h... writes:
<< A final thought on the castrati and CTs. Without going "under the
knife" it's impossible to draw a concrete comparison between the CT
of today and the castrati of yesterday. A countertenor can never
achieve the exact registrational events the castrati had because we
must factor in the hormonal effects the operation had on the boy
soprano voice. >>
This must be correct. The castratti, no doubt, sang naturally,
without making a flip into the falsetto. Their voice was a natural result of
the castration. The hormone situation did the trick. Counter- tenor is
singing in the falsetto.
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