Comments on: The Last Castrato

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:14:38 +0000

The fact that Michael Jackson’s testes were found to be still intact in the coroner’s report doesn’t disprove the idea that Jackson was a castrato. This is because castration can be done merely by severing the spermatic cords. There is no need to actually remove the testes.

The fact that Jackson’s voice could go low also didn’t disprove the castrato theory. This is because the castrati had enormous vocal ranges. They could go higher than most women on the upper end (which Jackson could), and on the low end they could go down to the upper registers of uncastrated males.

By: Nevinryal

Nevinryal — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:01:47 +0000

I see credit in what some of you say but still feel that there is just a little bit more to the story. I don’t see Lisa Marie as a very serious relationship and it may have been to put off the fact that Jackson never really showed intimacy like I do and some of you would. The other thing is I think castrato is possible except of course he doesn’t display the body type or some of the other. But we have to remember this man was made of hollywood and in hollywood things like weight, body shape, and visible human features can be changed at the blink of an eye, Pamala Anderson knew it, Jolie knew it, and Jackson couldn’t make up his mind on when to stop it. Perhaps he was born as a hermaphrodite and struggled with balancing hormones? We have to remember that there are many factors to consider and also things that occurred over the course of time. Perhaps whatever really was going on with him would explain why he didn’t undergo so much surgery till later on? Would any of the things suggested so far (Castrato, Hormone Issues, wtf happened to his skin color and facial features and why does he always sound congested or nasally but trying to hide it? ) The man maintained control over the pitch of his voice and would have been good at doing it. He was kept very shielded despite media coverage this is why there was so much confusion over those children in neverland ranch, nobody really got to know too much about him (I mean casually like what food did he like most often, what was his shoe size, did he like onions or prefer pickles etc). I think if we considered him more like ourselves we’d notice things that would provide more clarity on the subject. Really good posts btw keep up the good work.

By: jess

jess — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:01:28 +0000

I know I’m very late to the party, but I want to write these things down somewhere anyway:

I believe it’s *possible* that he took some sort of female hormones or something like that (I’m really not an expert on these things) when he was a younger, or even that he just has some sort of natural hormonal thing going on, but I don’t believe he was *literally* castrated – not least because the coroner’s report allegedly revealed that he wasn’t (though I can’t confirm that for certain.)

As ‘no, no, no’ above says, he doesn’t actually have the body type of a castrato. Admittedly, my understanding of this comes from Wikipedia, but apparently, castratos tend to not only have long limbs as ‘another in agreement’ says, but tend to be unusually tall (though he sometimes looked tall, Michael was only 5′9″), have elongated ribs (which Jackson *definitely* did not have – his torso is flat as can be), and accumulate fat in feminine areas, i.e. the chest, the hips and thighs. Michael was a stick figure, he did not have a feminine body.

Also as ‘no, no, no,’ says, it’s become clear that Michael’s unusually high voice was not natural. For whatever reason, he chose to speak like that, but it doesn’t seem to be the case that he *had* to, as every here and there you can find clips of him speaking at a lower pitch.

As for his children – even if those kids aren’t his biologically, that doesn’t automatically serve as evidence that he *couldn’t* have fathered children biologically. Maybe he just didn’t want to, for one reason or another.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:42:18 +0000

If you look at the features of MJ’s supposed children, they appear to have no African American traits at all. I have suspected MJ to be Castrato since watching “Farinelli”, a movie based on the real life story of Carlo Maria Broschi, a popular Opera singer of the 18th century, who happened to be Castrato. I suspected when MJ’s children were born, that the real father was someone else, because my theory was that MJ could not conceive children due to being Castrato.

By: no, no, no

no, no, no — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:32:25 +0000

No way was Michael Jackson a castrato. Castrati had round, feminine bodies — Jackson was all muscle…lean, but muscular. Also, Jackson’s high voice was a show. Here’s a great video showing his real voice, which was well within the normal male range.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSp78gq8UQ

Also, Lisa Marie claimed that he was incessantly pushing her to get pregnant, and that the end of their relationship came when he informed her that if she would not have his kids, he had found someone who would (Debbie Rowe). Why would he be urging her to get pregnant if there was no way for that to happen? Granted, she could be lying, but she’s always been forthright about their relationship, both the good and the bad. I tend to believe her.

I don’t believe it for a second.

By: another in agreement

another in agreement — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:55:08 +0000

I agree wiith this theory, have for years.
It’s interesting if you look into bodily features of castratos, elongated hands,fingers and limbs…and postural effects, which could be seen on MJ. I agree he was a great entertainer but a disturbing man.

By: eep

eep — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:18:42 +0000

I see the similarities. Alessandro Moreschi could front Radiohead.

Michael Jackson is said to have suffered emotional and physical abuse from his father. He is quoted as saying that his childhood was taken away from him. Jacob Weisberg thinks because of Michael Jackson’s arrested development that he sought to reclaim his childhood by being a real life Peter Pan.
http://www.slate.com/id/2120889/

By: Essąn Dragone

Essąn Dragone — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:55:36 +0000

Here’s my essay about the theory:
http://www.itwaslost.org/2007/04/special-report-is-michael-jackson.html
I had never seen that Kinsley quote – whoa!

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:27:56 +0000

I have been saying this for years, and in fact have used your exact title in conversation. I, however, have meant it quite literally.

By: Rosemary Hager

Rosemary Hager — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:03:27 +0000

I have observed, assessed and screamed MJ’s a typical castrato for years exactly as you declared.

Just another eunuch episode in the soapy opery, BUT,

Thanks for the versimilitaritude.