Originally Posted by
Coemgen
Well, in all the lists of vocal ranges that I could find, Castrati were listed, albeit with the qualifier that true castrati are no longer with us (a fact for which I think we should be thankful), but that the range is covered by male sopranos.
The BBC did a program about castrati and it concluded that the range could not fully be covered by male sopranos due to the physiological differences.
The last known castrato, and the only one to be recorded, was Alessandro Moreschi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Moreschi and his recordings led the makers of the film Farinelli to use a counter tenor singing falsetto mixed with a soprano to produce the closest approximation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinelli_(film) .
If you have seen the film the result is amazing though of course we should be thankful that such things are no longer done. Yes, male sopranos can produce some wonderful stuff, as can the best falsettists, but it was not felt that they could touch the full dynamics of the castrati based upon the admittedly low tech Moreschi recording. But the option in the poll is a little silly and anachronistic as imitating a castrato is not the same as being one. 
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