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chickstrati

"Chickstrati" are female singers who are asked to perform those vocal parts in Medieval and Renaissance repertoire which would originally have been sung by the castrati males. Chick + castrati = chickstrati
Conductor: "OK, let's start at bar 56 with the chickstrati. Thank you!"
by Operactress December 7, 2010
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