Assertion: contralto's role | /r/HasProperty | meant for castrato
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value: originally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: They also play roles originally meant for castratos (when mezzo-sopranos, countertenors, tenors, and baritones don't take them).A number of pop singers and Broadway performers are contraltos, although they are not farther distinguished as they would be in opera.