Castrato vs Castrati - What's the difference?
castrato | castrati |
A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.
(literally) Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently.
Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun) .
Originally composed for a castrato.
As nouns the difference between castrato and castrati
is that castrato is a male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice while castrati is plural of castrato.As an adjective castrato
is castrated; especially castrated prepubescently.castrato
English
(wikipedia castrato)Noun
(en-noun)Adjective
(-)- Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles.
