Question 2: As a result, the ________ of
prepubescence (shared by both sexes) is largely retained, and the
voice develops into adulthood in a unique way.
Question 3: Listening to
the only surviving recordings of a castrato (see below), one can
hear that the lower part of the voice sounds like a "super-high"
tenor, with a more ________-like upper register above that.
Question 4: In 1589, by the bull Cum pro nostri temporali munere, ________
re-organised the choir of St Peter's, Rome
specifically to include castrati.
Question 6: In the
first performance of ________'s Orfeo (1607), for
example, they played subsidiary roles, including Speranza and
(possibly) that of Euridice.
Question 7: ________ is a more general term,
since historically many eunuchs were created after puberty,
castration thus having no effect on their voices.
Question 8: Castration before puberty (or in its early stages) prevents a
boy's ________ from being
transformed by the normal
physiological events of puberty.
Question 9: Castration as a means of subjugation, enslavement or other
punishment has a very long pedigree, dating back to ancient Sumer (see also ________).
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