Favourite modern Italian musician/singer?

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Castrati.

Oh, you said modern.

Uh, Jonas Brothers. Same thing though.

[Mexican Wolf]

whoever made this

Whoever made that, they were *not* Italian.

Then again people tried to answer "Lady Gaga"...

Well, from Mama Monster herself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3DdzN6Ji7M&t=45s

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Castrati.

Why though

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Castrati.

Why though

Purely out of curiosity, I googled to see if there were any vintage recordings of a castrato singing, and lo and behold:

You're probably familiar with this singer, but he had his testes removed as a child as a supposed "cure" for a medical condition he had, unlike most castrati who had it done purely for singing purposes. This was recorded when he was into his forties and recording devices were new. Gotta be honest that this really creeped me out and I'm glad it's no longer practiced.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Seriously here's some real Italian music:

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You're probably familiar with this singer, but he had his testes removed as a child as a supposed "cure" for a medical condition he had, unlike most castrati who had it done purely for singing purposes. This was recorded when he was into his forties and recording devices were new. Gotta be honest that this really creeped me out and I'm glad it's no longer practiced.

To my knowledge he was the only castrato ever recorded, right?
I agree that it's pretty creepy.

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Seriously here's some real Italian music:

OK Time for a lesson (only using people already mentioned in the thread):

Real Italian music -
Francesco De Gregori
Modena City Ramblers
Adriano Celentano
Angelo Branduardi
Fabri Fibra, even

Not real Italian music -
La Quiete

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

You're probably familiar with this singer, but he had his testes removed as a child as a supposed "cure" for a medical condition he had, unlike most castrati who had it done purely for singing purposes. This was recorded when he was into his forties and recording devices were new. Gotta be honest that this really creeped me out and I'm glad it's no longer practiced.

To my knowledge he was the only castrato ever recorded, right?
I agree that it's pretty creepy.

To my knowledge, yes.

According to Wiki, this was recorded when he was past his prime though there is also debate over to what extent the taste and singing style of his time differs from ours.

It's a little less creepy if you listen to it without looking at his picture, but I can't get past the fact that he and so many other males went through all of adult life talking like Mickey Mouse impersonators because as children their singing voices were considered 'exceptional'.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Seriously here's some real Italian music:

OK Time for a lesson (only using people already mentioned in the thread):

Real Italian music -
Francesco De Gregori
Modena City Ramblers
Adriano Celentano
Angelo Branduardi
Fabri Fibra, even

Not real Italian music -
La Quiete

How about this Italian music?

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Seriously here's some real Italian music:

OK Time for a lesson (only using people already mentioned in the thread):

Real Italian music -
Francesco De Gregori
Modena City Ramblers
Adriano Celentano
Angelo Branduardi
Fabri Fibra, even

Not real Italian music -
La Quiete

How about this Italian music?

Actually interesting stuff but still belongs in the second category.