castratos in English
noun
1
a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice. The practice of castration was banned in 1903.
We tend to associate Handel operas with high voiced prima donnas, the castrati and the sopranos.
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1. Castratos were much used in operas in the 17th and 18th centuries and in music for the Roman Catholic Church