Farinelli or Concerning the Vocal Derivations of the Old Custom of Castration
Abstract The film presents some of the passages of the life of Carlo Broschi, the famous Farinelli, a castrato who delighted so many lovers of the settecentista opera. Upon witnessing a street challenge between the young singer and a young trumpeter, over which Farinelli is victorious due to his extraordinary voice, George F. Handel, at the time an official musician of the English court and being present almost by chance, proposes a trip to London. Farinelli rejects the offer which leads to a tense relation between the two of them, a relationship full of antipathies but at the same time with a certain degree of mutual recognition. In contrast to Farinelli’s scarcely addressed confinement in the Spanish court, at the peak of his career, the film is rich in showing us the varied visits of the Broschi brothers to different European scenarios, blended with episodes where Farinelli’s seductive character triggers numerous love scenes finally consummated by his brother Ricardo, anatomically intact. According to the physiopathology of prepubertal castration this seems more over-acted than real.
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Clapton N. Carlo Broschi Farinelli: Aspects of his Technique and Performance. Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies. 28(3):323-338, 2005.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-0208.2005.tb00305.x
De la Guardia E. Compendio de historia de la música. 8ª Ed. Buenos Aires: Editorial Ricordi Americana; 1972.
Hesíodo. Teogonía. Madrid: Editorial Gredos; 2006.
La Biblia. El libro del pueblo de Dios. 7ª edición. Madrid: Ediciones Paulinas; 1992.
Nygard T, Sonsteby A. Testicles. En Pitts V, editora. Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body. Westport-CT: Greenwood Publishing; 2008. p. 502-507. Disponible en: http://www.travisnygard.com/Text/NygardSonstebyCastration.pdf
Taylor G. An abbreviated history castration of western manhood. Nueva York: Routledge; 2000.
Bottasso, Óscar. (2011). Farinelli or Concerning the Vocal Derivations of the Old Custom of Castration. Journal of Medicine and Movies, 6(1), 15–23. Retrieved from https://revistas.usal.es/cinco/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/13804
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