Episode 159: The Castrati
May 06, 2025•39 min
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Episode description
How far would you go for the possibility of stardom? What would you be willing to... uh... lose? Around the early 1600s a certain trend in church choirs evolved into something of a phenomenon in Italian music and Opera. What followed was a very weird and intense footnote in history that we'll be discussing today. Warm up your voices, Horror Honeys!
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