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castrato

type of male singer who is castrated in order to maintain a high voice
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castrato

Summary

castrato is a Fach[1]. castrato ranks in the top 6% of fach entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,004 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • castrato's instance of is recorded as Fach[3].
  • castrato is a type of singer[4].
  • castrato is a type of eunuch[5].
  • castrato's Commons category is recorded as Castrati[6].
  • castrato's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castrati[7].
  • castrato's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[8].
  • castrato's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • castrato's different from is recorded as castrated creature[10].

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Definition and Type

castrato's instance of is recorded as Fach[3]. Recorded subclass of include singer[4] and eunuch[5].

Why It Matters

castrato ranks in the top 6% of fach entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,004 views/month).[2] castrato has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] castrato is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Castrati
    Described by source → Riemann's Music Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 30068, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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