Satirical scene from one of Handel's operas showing castrati singers, on left Francesco Bernardi and Berenstat on right with the soprano Francesca...
Carlo Farinelli , noted castrato soprano in the court of Philip II of Spain, wearing white mantle of the Order of Calatrava. Painting by Jacopo...
Circa 1735, Italian castrato singer Francesco Bernardi who adopted the stage name Senesino after his birthplace Sienna. Engraving by Charles Grignion...
Sunday Concert, n.d. London musical soiree: the woman to the left of the piano, holding a fan, is Lady Mary Duncan, and the Italian mezzosoprano...
Portrait of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci , known as il Senesino, circa 1770. Private Collection. Artist Gainsborough, Thomas .
Senesino on the Stage' . Francesco Bernardi, was a celebrated Italian contralto castrato, particularly remembered today for his long collaboration...
Circa 1720, The arrival in London of castrato singer Francesco Bernadi, . He sang in many of Handel's operas until 1728 when he quarelled with the...
Portrait of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci , known as il Senesino, 1770. Private Collection. Artist Anonymous.
Portrait of Giuseppe Aprile , Italian soprano castrato, singer at the Royal Chapel in Naples during the times of Domenico Cimarosa. Bologna, Civico...
Portrait of Venanzio Rauzzini , Italian castrato sopranist and composer. Engraving. Vienna, Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde
Portrait of Domenico Annibali , Italian countertenor castrato. Painting by Anton Raphael Mengs. Milan, Pinacoteca Di Brera
Farinelli , Carlo Broschi, performs for King Ferdinand VI of Spain. Farinelli was a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of...
'The Landing of Senesino', 1720. The Italian castrato opera singer arrives in England. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century...
Portrait of Carlo Brioschi, known as Farinelli , Italian castrato opera singer. Oil on canvas by Corrado Giaquinto .
Farinelli, stage name of Italian castrato and famed opera singer Carlo Maria Broschi, 1705 After a portrait by Jacopo Amigoni in the Museo de la Real...
'Berenstat, Cuzzoni and Senesino' c1725. The Italian opera singers Gaetano Berenstadt , Francesca Cuzzoni Sandoni and Francesco Bernardi, known as...
London, UNITED KINGDOM: A pair of rusted iron "castratori" are held in front of a painting of Italian Castrati singer Gaetano Guadagni during the...
Mexico City's Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes performing Monsters and Prodigies: The History of the Castrati at REDCAT on Jan. 28, 2009. Javier Medina...
Asha, a Hijra guru at her Gharana in the Old City, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Hijras or transgender people make up a very large group in Indian...
Asha, a Hijra guru at her Gharana in the Old City, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Hijras or transgender people make up a very large group in Indian...
Portrait of the singer Farinelli . Found in the collection of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid.
Episode 1867 -- Pictured: Andrew Dismukes as Prince Enzo, Maya Rudolph, host Ariana Grande as Antonio, and Andy Samberg during the "Castrati" sketch...
Episode 1867 -- Pictured: Andrew Dismukes as Prince Enzo, Maya Rudolph, host Ariana Grande as Antonio, and Andy Samberg during the "Castrati" sketch...
Episode 1867 -- Pictured: James Austin Johnson as Matteo and Andrew Dismukes as Prince Enzo during the "Castrati" sketch on Saturday, October 12,...
Episode 1867 -- Pictured: James Austin Johnson as Matteo and Andrew Dismukes as Prince Enzo during the "Castrati" sketch on Saturday, October 12,...
Portrait of Giuseppe Jozzi , Italian castrato sopranist. Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale
Portrait of Carlo Broschi, called Farinelli , Italian castrato singer. Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale
The landing of the Italian castrato singer Francesco Bernardi, called Senesino , in Great Britain, 1719.
London, UNITED KINGDOM: Broadcaster and historian David Starkey holds a pair of rusted iron "castratori" during the launch of a new exhibition at...
London, UNITED KINGDOM: Curator Nicolas Clapton holds a pair of rusted iron "castratori" during the launch of a new exhibition at Handel House Museum...
London, UNITED KINGDOM: A pair of rusted iron "castratori" are held in front of a painting of Gaetano Guadagni during the launch of a new exhibition...
