On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Castrati. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Castrati meaning
plural of castrato
Using Castrati
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of castrato
Context around Castrati
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Castrati
- In this selection, "castrati" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, include, hidden, disliked and preferring stand out and add context to how "castrati" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include french disliked castrati preferring their and have hidden castrati. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "castrati" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with castrati
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It seems likely that the Spanish tradition of soprano falsettists may have hidden castrati. (14 words)
There were homosexual castrati, as Casanova 's accounts of 18th-century Italy bear witness. (14 words)
In 1589, by the bull Cum pro nostro pastorali munere, Pope Sixtus V re-organised the choir of St Peter's, Rome specifically to include castrati. (26 words)
Caffarelli was also typical of many castrati in being famous for tantrums on and off-stage, and for amorous adventures with noble ladies. see Heriot, p. 141–154 Some, as described by Casanova, preferred gentlemen (noble or otherwise). (38 words)
The traditional model for opera seria had three acts, dealt with serious subjects in mythical settings, as stated above, and used high voices (both sopranos and castrati ) for principal characters, often even for monarchs. (34 words)
The French disliked castrati, preferring their male heroes to be sung by an haute-contre (a high tenor), of which Joseph Legros (1739–1793) was a leading example. (28 words)
Example sentences (6)
Caffarelli was also typical of many castrati in being famous for tantrums on and off-stage, and for amorous adventures with noble ladies. see Heriot, p. 141–154 Some, as described by Casanova, preferred gentlemen (noble or otherwise).
In 1589, by the bull Cum pro nostro pastorali munere, Pope Sixtus V re-organised the choir of St Peter's, Rome specifically to include castrati.
It seems likely that the Spanish tradition of soprano falsettists may have hidden castrati.
The French disliked castrati, preferring their male heroes to be sung by an haute-contre (a high tenor), of which Joseph Legros (1739–1793) was a leading example.
There were homosexual castrati, as Casanova 's accounts of 18th-century Italy bear witness.
The traditional model for opera seria had three acts, dealt with serious subjects in mythical settings, as stated above, and used high voices (both sopranos and castrati ) for principal characters, often even for monarchs.