In today's video, I interview countertenor Michael Skarke (https://michaelskarke.com/) to learn about the history of castrati (rockstar singers who were castrated as a boy to preserve their voices) and to answer the question, "What is a countertenor?" Watch Michael and Brandon's full performances: 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcFPPBScVmQ 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Wb8Uyko2Y Watch Brandon perform with Countertenor Reggie Mobley: 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PptQJv4wxdg 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgDZILShAI Subscribe: https://bit.ly/3OY45ln My Most Popular Videos: https://tinyurl.com/popularvideos3 Edited by: Martino Gasparrini (Contact: Martino.Freelance@gmail.com) ➢LEARN GUITAR!🎸 My Online Guitar Course: https://classicalguitar-pro.com/ My Online Music School: https://arpeggiato.com/ My Arrangements: https://arpeggiato.com/music-arrangements/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 0:31 What is a Countertenor? 1:58 How Michael discovered his voice 2:52 Pop singer countertenors 3:40 Rock singer countertenors 4:17 What is a Castrato? 6:59 The Last Castrato 8:29 Countertenors with Lute 9:17 Other rare voice types 9:41 YOU can be a countertenor! 10:03 Performance Example 11:21 Listening Recommendations ➢ LISTEN TO MY MUSIC! My CDs: https://arpeggiato.com/cd/ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3th6ucra ➢ FOLLOW ME! Instagram: https://instagram.com/brandon.acker.guitar Facebook: https:// facebook.com/BrandonAckerGuitar ➢ SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL! Patreon: https://patreon.com/brandonacker ➢ WATCH MORE VIDEOS! Most Popular: https://tinyurl.com/popularvideos3 Newest: https://tinyurl.com/newestuploads Classic Guitar: https://tinyurl.com/moremusic2 Guitar Tips: https://tinyurl.com/guitartips3 ➢ MY GEAR! https://a.co/7d4mo0j I am Brandon Acker. I create guitar tips, classical music covers, educational videos about rare plucked instruments, tutorials, and more! Consider checking out my new online guitar course: https://classicalguitar-pro.com/ and supporting me on my Patreon https://patreon.com/brandonacker A huge thank you to my patrons on Patreon who keep this channel alive! "Producer:" -Sally Zimmerman "#1 Fans: " -Vivienne Yumi Nishimura -Javier Artiles -Musical Crusader "Super-Patrons:" -F. Rob Dorsey -slimdotchoi -Håvard E Danielsen -Tianhong Zhou -Lyn Dawson -Tony Dawson -Mark B Garnick -Christian Hirschmueller -Matt Hefko #brandonacker #guitar #countertenor *I'm using these clips from the movie Farinelli for public education and do not own the copyright to this material.