A voice watered with swan blood

Elbert 2022-12-08 11:26:29

In the European background of the Baroque period, the film revolves around a special group of Castrato represented by Farinelli. The most shocking scene in the film is:

When Farinelli performed a perfect tune with his soul, finally won the approval of the upper class, and captured the hearts of the noble royal family, the endless flowers and thunderous applause lasted for a long time, and he showed a smile in the face of the crowd full of friends and applause. It's still a complicated expression of crying, and this expression contains relief and regret.

At this time, a shot was switched to when he was placed in a warm tub filled with opium as a child. The warm water and opium softened and paralyzed his nerves, so that he would not feel pain temporarily in the dream, and his brother held his veins to avoid heavy bleeding. When he was young, he was castrated unconsciously while he was sleeping with a high fever. The contrast between the gushing red blood and the psychedelic white substance gave people a strong visual experience.

A castrato is a poignant and cruel nightingale made of swan blood, stabbed in the eyes to restrain freedom, and only has a beautiful voice to sing, dedicating her life to music, and living by winning the favor and love of the world. Most of them were born in poverty and risked death to fight through the hell of excruciating pain, bearing the pain of other people's strange vision, disability, and even losing their lifelong happiness and normal personality. A chance to make a name for yourself.

Without the nightmare that almost ended his life, there would not be the amazing Farinelli today. If you want to gain something from God, you must lose something. Does Farinelli at this moment think the price paid is worth it?

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Extended Reading

Farinelli quotes

  • Carlo Broschi: [on Riccardo's opera "Orpheo"] You'll never finish it!

  • Riccardo Broschi: Castrato! Castrato!