“Guarda a quei castrati, come je girano le palle”. Su alcune rappresentazioni cinematografiche tra opera e mondo queer

The article intends to reflect on the relationship between the queer world and the operatic context, in order to identify elements of sociocultural reflection. In the first part, a brief overview is drawn of the representation of castrati between the 18th and 19th centuries through four very famous Italian films in which these figures undergo the same treatment tinged with caricature-like representation. In the second part, instead, we reflect on the representation of lovers and opera enthusiasts with a homosexual orientation and therefore on the link between these two existential conditions.