Evirati

Evirati is a short film about a young woman who masquerades as a male castrato to sing in the opera houses of the Papal States at a time when women are forbidden from performing in public.

Cast

Lauren K. Robek

as Bellino / Angiola

Alex Zahara

as Salimbeni

Bernard Cuffling

as Gibelli

John R. Taylor

as Priest

Guy Fauchon

as Director's Assistant

Merrilyn Gann

as Angiola's Mother

Grahame Andrews

as Gabbiano

Keith Provost

as Angelo

Laurie Brunetti

as Giuseppe

Gardiner Millar

as Spillorcio

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