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2006, 15:24 GMT 16:24 UK Castrato superstar disinterred Castrato
singers such as Farinelli were adored by female fans (Picture
courtesy of the Royal College of Music) The body of the world's
most famous castrato singer, Farinelli, has been exhumed to try
to find out how his virtuoso voice developed.  Scholars in the
northern Italian city of Bologna will measure his skull and
bones and perform DNA tests.  Farinelli was among thousands of
boys castrated to preserve their high-pitched voices as they
grew up.  Castrati singers were popular in Europe from the 16th
Century until 1870 when the operation was banned.  Scholars will
try to find out more about the vocal mechanism  The castrato's
voice was prized for its combination of pitch and power - an
unbroken male voice able to reach the highest notes, delivered
by the powerful lungs of a fully-grown man.  In 17th and 18th
Century Italy, up to 4