This is a tricky question to ask this list, but I'll put it.
As my web site will show, I specialise in the church and operatic castrati; and
my good friend
Andreas Kopp has provided much information about the current crop of male
sopranos, but I
need to ask this question: has any of them had any kind of surgery, hormonal
defect (I know
about some of these already) or anything else which would have caused them to
able to sing in
the higher registers ? My friend, Peter Giles, is an authority on the various
types of
countertenor voice, so I am well-informed in that field, too.
However, If anyone on this list knows anything else (other than the sources
already mentioned)
about these singers, and/or whether they themselves could contact me directly
by e-mail, I
would be very grateful.
Naturally, all material would be confidential, unless the contributors desired
otherwise.
I am afraid I cannot come and look for all this information, as I am virtually
housebound.
Thank you very much.
Elsa (Scammell)
http://www.cix.co.uk/~velluti
Award: September 2000
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