Jan 01, 2000
25 min
Full-HD

Evirati (2000)

Evirati is a short film about a young woman who masquerades as a male castrato to sing in the opera houses of the Papal States at a time when women are forbidden from performing in public.

Category

History

Country

Companies

Lauren K. Robek

Bellino / Angiola

Alex Zahara

Salimbeni

Bernard Cuffling

Gibelli

John R. Taylor

Priest

Guy Fauchon

Director's Assistant

Merrilyn Gann

Angiola's Mother

Grahame Andrews

Gabbiano

Keith Provost

Angelo

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