The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Sound
Blended voices create the impossible—pure cinematic trickery.
Production
Baroque sets so lavish you'll smell the wig powder.
Acting
Dionisi's smoldering silence speaks volumes.
Director
Gérard Corbiau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The voice was created by splicing a male countertenor and a female mezzo-soprano—no CGI, just analog magic in 1994.
Farinelli's actual skull was exhumed in 2006 to study castrato vocal anatomy—this movie predicted our obsession with his body.
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