Amazing book. The whole world of castrated singers and their loves and lives is brought to life.
A mand does not stand for what has been done to him
Tonio Treschi suddenly' at the verge of manhood, is plunged into a nightmare,trapped in a murderous family olot, drugged, kidnapped, castrated...
Guido Maffeo is too young to consent, too young to fight, is ruthlessly sold to the maestros, and "cut" at the age of six.
They were castrati! Those male sopranos whose glorious voices brought them adulation through Europe. The lived and loved as idols' secretly sought out by both men and woman. Yet they were shunned and despised as "monsters" And Tonio's only thought was revenge...
Tonio Treschi suddenly' at the verge of manhood, is plunged into a nightmare,trapped in a murderous family olot, drugged, kidnapped, castrated...
Guido Maffeo is too young to consent, too young to fight, is ruthlessly sold to the maestros, and "cut" at the age of six.
They were castrati! Those male sopranos whose glorious voices brought them adulation through Europe. The lived and loved as idols' secretly sought out by both men and woman. Yet they were shunned and despised as "monsters" And Tonio's only thought was revenge...
Beautiful voices. Male sopranos. Glorious voices loved throughtout Europe.