Bartoli has also developed a taste for provocative album covers. On Mission , she's bald-headed and wild-eyed, dressed as a priest, brandishing a bejeweled cross.

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Castrati were young opera singers in past centuries castrated to preserve a high-pitched voice, and they are now being honored by Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli in a new album.

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Castrati were young opera singers in past centuries castrated to preserve a high-pitched voice, and they are now being honored by Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli in a new album.

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