That’s exactly what Heras-Casado and Concerto Koln have done on their latest CD. It features a program of instrumental and vocal works associated with Farinelli, the legendary 18th century singer who ...

My new album is dedicated to Farinelli, the celebrated castrato, who could not have grown a beard. So why am I pictured with kohled eyes, flyaway curls and facial hair? The picture on the front of my ...

The legendary castrato singer Farinelli (1705–1782) suffered from a disease typical of post-menopausal women, according to the first-ever osteological analysis of a eunuch. Subscribe to read this ...

The Oscar winner delivers a tour de force performance as King Philippe V of Spain, whose sanity hangs on the voice of the castrato Farinelli. With his courtiers plotting to depose the mad king of ...

Mark Rylance stars in his wife Claire van Kampen's play with music, 'Farinelli and the King,' as the 18th-century Spanish monarch whose chronic melancholia could be soothed only by the heavenly ...

There will be no matinee performance on Christmas Eve., December 24 or closing night, March 25. The performances on December 21 and 28 will start at a later time. Claire van Kampen’s new play ...

On her new album, the restless Italian opera star sings virtuoso music composed for Farinelli, the greatest of the baroque castratos. Powerful Lungs And Long-Spun Lines: Cecilia Bartoli Conjures ...

In the paradoxically plaintive and joyous sound of a castrato's voice channeling Handel's music, the King has glimpsed a paradise beyond his fractious court and his burdened royal self. Trying to ...

For a solid portion of musical history, castrato singers or ‘castrati’ had a prominent role in operas, churches and courts across Europe. But why were young boys forced to undergo the gruesome ...

The legendary castrato singer Farinelli (1705–1782) suffered from a disease typical of post-menopausal women, according to the first-ever osteological analysis of a eunuch. Subscribe to read this ...

Who thought that George Frideric Handel would ever get a jukebox musical on Broadway? Nine arias from seven of the composer’s early 18-century operas are featured in Claire van Kampen’s new play, ...