An incredibly beautiful piece of music, Ombra Fedele Anchio from the opera Idaspe, written by Ricardo Broschi (1698-1756) for his younger brother, Carlo Broschi , the castrato known as Farinelli. This version is from the soundtrack to the film Farinelli. For the film, the castrato voice was created by digitally blending the vocal performances of a countertenor and soprano, Derek Lee Ragin and Ewa Malas-Godlewska (a kinder and gentler way to produce the castrato sound!). This music is heart and soul-piercing. A great movie if you like this kind of stuff.

You can find many clips from the film on youtube. Here is one:

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Farinelli was apparently the Elvis Presley/Beatles/David Bowie of his day!

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