ESpain babizwa ngokuthi ama-capon, ngalokhu kuthinta okungokwesiko okuguqula okwangaphandle kube yinto ejwayelekile. Ngokuqondile endabeni yama-castrati, leli gama laseSpain, manje elingasasetshenziswa, mhlawumbe lichaza ngokunembe kakhudlwana isithombe esingesihle kangako sabantwana abaculayo abathenjiwe ukuze balondoloze izingodo zabo.
Futhi mayelana nalezi zinhlamvu, insiza yabo enkulu esetshenziswe amakhulu eminyaka kuze kube yi-XNUMX, UCesar Aira yakha le noveli edabula iYurophu yekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalombili, izwekazi elaliyizintandane ngamathonya ezepolitiki ngemuva kokushona kukaLouis XIV, obusa bakhe babonakala bungapheli.
Njenganoma yiluphi ushintsho, ukufa kwenkosi yelanga nakho kwaholela ekwakhiweni okusha kwezobuciko, ama-costumbrista nokuhlobisa kuzo zonke izinkantolo. Futhi njengoba kujwayele ukwenzeka lapho kucishwa umbuso wakudala, kuvela izinhlamvu zenkululeko ngezindlela zobuciko noma ezincwadini. I-Europe ibe isizitika ngomkhuba we-rococo, uhlobo lwenguquko oluthinte ukwakhiwa, ubuciko nokuhlobisa, kanye nezitayela zemfashini ngisho nefilosofi nemicabango.
Ukuzimela okusha okugcwele imfihlakalo ngenkathi kugcwele inkanuko kwahunyushelwa kumafomu amabi kakhulu ekuvuseleleni konke ukumelwa. Impilo yasenkantolo ibukeka ithatha umbala omusha futhi ama-castrate azwakala kulo lonke elaseYurophu njengodumo olukhulu lwamanje, ngamathoni awo aphezulu abuye aqabule umbono womculo njengokuzijabulisa okumsulwa nokungajwayelekile.
Kulesi simo esilandiswe kahle ngumbhali, sijabulela nokulandisa okuyiqiniso okungokomlando ngayo yonke iminyakazo yezepolitiki yesikhashana. I-Old Europe yayimangaza ukuthola imifelandawonye emisha yamandla. Kuphela ..., okuqhutshwa yile fomu entsha yobuciko, ngaphansi kwalezo zinsolo zokwehluleka wothando lomuntu siqu, kuvela futhi emlandweni ngamandla amakhulu, ngokusebenzisa abalingiswa abanjengoMicchino, i-castrato ehamba phambili kunabo bonke nokuhlangana kwakhe no-Amanda, owesifazane ongajabule njengokwazi ukuthi uthando kungenye into.
Izinkanuko zivezwa ezweni eliqondiswe kabusha kuguquko olukhulu olungabeka izisekelo zesimanjemanje.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Ingoma kaCastrato, incwadi entsha kaCésar Aira, lapha: