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In Praise of the Falsetto

Barney Hoskyns, Independent, The, 3 November 1995

The castrato may be dead, if temporarily exhumed in the film Farinelli, but men continue to sing like women. Barney Hoskyns reaches for the high notes.

Total word count of piece: 767

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