Superstar sopranos

摘要

Gaetano majorano knew from an early age that he wanted to sing. He had a promising voice but he wanted the sort of voice that would make people weep and make him wealthy. In short, he wanted to be a castrato. In the early 18th century, Italy's most famous singers were all castrati, men with voices that soared as high as a woman's but were as powerful as a man's - yet unlike either. It was the sound of a boy's voice in a man's body, honed to perfection by years of training.