Is castrating young boys ethical?

[Cinjin]

Nowadays we don't have any castrato singers left and there's a large repretore of music that we can't authentically perform because of that. Would it be ethical to bring the practice back if it were voluntary? Or can children really make such decisions fairly?


Here's a recording of the last castrato:

ummm, yeeeaa ....... someone would have to first prove to me that this is "beautiful music."


"Hey little man, you wanna sing in a style that no one has any interest in hearing for the rest of you natural life? All it will cost you is your genitalia."

Yeah, the whole thing seems pretty god damn dumb to me.