Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma Della RAI, Placido Dom - Tosca, Act 3: E Lucevan le Stelle [Cavaradossi]

were both wok. educators (A. Scarlatti, L. Vinci, J. Pergolesi, N. Porpora, L. Leo, etc. ). The training was conducted in conservatories (to-ry were educational institutions and at the same time dormitories where teachers lived with students) for 6-9 years, with daily classes from morning until late evening. If the child had an outstanding voice, he was castrated in the hope of preserving the previous voice qualities after mutation; if successful, singers with phenomenal voices and technique turned out (see Castrati singers). Most mean. wok. the school was the Bologna school of F. Pistokki (opened in 1700).