Castrato

The Chamberlain called the Castrato and charged him to do accordingly; so he replied, "I hear and I obey;" and he took his pages with him and went out in search of the Stoker till he found him in the rear of the caravan, girthing his ass and preparing for flight.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

The Castrato and his Wife is a fascinating account of how masculinity, femininity and marriage were being reshaped in 18th-century Europe just when modernity was taking shape.

Michael Roth: Helen Berry's The Castrato and his Wife Michael Roth 2012

The Castrato and his Wife is a fascinating account of how masculinity, femininity and marriage were being reshaped in 18th-century Europe just when modernity was taking shape.

Michael Roth: Helen Berry's The Castrato and his Wife Michael Roth 2012

(Soundbite of aria, "Parto, ti lascio") Ms. BARTOLI: (Singing in foreign language) SIMON: Now, of course, that's not castrati here, Castrato singing now.

First Listen: Cecilia Bartoli, 'Sacrificium' 2009

Castrato and charged him to do accordingly; so he replied, “I hear and I obey;” and he took his pages with him and went out in search of the Stoker till he found him in the rear of the caravan, girthing his ass and preparing for flight.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Whenever the caravan halted, they served him with food, and he and the Castrato ate from one dish. 322

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

And after quietly sleeping that night, on the morrow the accursed old man sent for her and beat her again, after which he bade the Castrato return her to her place.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The Castrato rejoiced and, going in to the Chamberlain, him to his mistress.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Castrato went in to Nuzhat al-Zaman and said, “O my lady, I have brought thee him whom thou soughtest, and he is a youth, fair of face and bearing the marks of wealth and gentle breeding.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The frame is unnaturally long and lean, especially the arms and legs; with high, flat, thin shoulders, big protruding joints and a face by contrast extraordinarily large, a veritable mask; the Castrato is expert in the use of weapons and sits his horse admirably, riding well

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006