Although female roles were performed by castrati in some of the papal states, this was increasingly rare ; by 1680, they had supplanted " normal " male voices in lead roles, and retained their position as primo uomo for about a hundred years ; an Italian opera not featuring at least one renowned castrato in a lead part would be doomed to fail.

Although he played ' by ear ' and was a masterful improviser he was able to read music and even performed some classical guitar pieces.

Although the company's repertoire included works from the French, Italian and English operatic literatures, they always performed in English.

Although all other mysteries may be performed by a presbyter, ordination may only be conferred by a bishop, and ordination of a bishop may only be performed by several bishops together.

Although the earliest guitars used in jazz were acoustic and acoustic guitars are still sometimes used in jazz, most jazz guitarists since the 1940s have performed on an electrically amplified guitar or electric guitar.

Although kabuki was performed all over ukiyo and other portions for the country, the Nakamura-za, Ichimura-za and Kawarazaki-za theatres became the top theatres in ukiyo, where some of the most successful kabuki performances were and still are held.

Although a lead vocalist named O ' Dean was auditioned, Lee had known Vince Neil from their high school days at Charter Oak High School in Covina, California and the two had performed in different bands on the garage band circuit.

Although MRI is most commonly performed at 1. 5T, higher fields ( such as 3T ) are gaining more popularity due to the increased sensitivity and resolution.

Although the idea that the planets orbited the Sun had been suggested many times, it was not until the 17th century that this view was supported by evidence from the first telescopic astronomical observations, performed by Galileo Galilei.

Although tests are being performed in Bucharest it is possible that Romania will not migrate to digital terrestrial systems, but completely discontinue this service, and sell the available spectrum for other purposes, since the said investments provide limited appeal.

Although he did not obtain a degree, he performed graduate-level work in philosophy and journalism at the University of Chicago.

Although the film had a very poor sound recording, Prokofiev adapted much of his score into a large-scale cantata for mezzo-soprano, orchestra and chorus, which was extensively performed and recorded.

Although it was Sondheim's only Top 40 hit, his songs are frequently performed and recorded by cabaret artists and theatre singers in their solo careers.

Although the police forcefully pushed or kicked some patrons out of the bar, some customers released by the police performed for the crowd by posing and saluting the police in an exaggerated fashion.

Although he initially felt at home at Tarnover, Nick eventually becomes aware of experiments in genetic engineering being performed there.

Although the total of nine performances was nothing like the frequency of performance of Mozart's later success The Magic Flute, which for months was performed roughly every other day, the premiere is generally judged to have been a success.

Although The Sin of Pride was critically acclaimed and the Undertones performed several gigs in both Scotland and England to promote the release of this album, The Sin of Pride only reached number 43 in the UK chart.

Although individual operas of the sequence are sometimes performed separately, Wagner intended them to be performed in series.

Although range finding underwater is performed at both sub-audible and audible frequencies for great distances ( 1 to several kilometers ), ultrasonic range finding is used when distances are shorter and the accuracy of the distance measurement is desired to be finer.

Although the folk performers probably improvised their songs as in Turkish taksim performances, the present institutional canon is performed as fixed compositions by ensembles.

Although the dissolution of the legislature and the call for new elections is formally performed by the head of state, by convention the head of state acts according to the wishes of the head of government.

Although such corrections and transformations have been performed and documented as part of the integration of WordNet 1. 7 into the cooperatively updatable knowledge base of WebKB-2, most projects claiming to re-use WordNet for knowledge-based applications ( typically, knowledge-oriented information retrieval ) simply re-use it directly.

On 13 July 2002, Fatboy Slim performed the second of his free, open air concerts on Brighton Beach, named The Big Beach Boutique II, Although organisers expected a crowd of around 60, 000 people, the event instead attracted an estimated 250, 000 who crammed the promenade and beach between Brighton's piers.

Although Collins used it as a catharsis for her opposition to the Vietnam War, two years after her rendition, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, senior Scottish regiment of the British Army, recorded an instrumental version featuring a bagpipe soloist accompanied by a pipe and drum band.

Although observations of some aerodynamic effects such as wind resistance ( e. g. drag ) were recorded by Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei, very little effort was made to develop a rigorous quantitative theory of air flow prior to the 17th century.

Although suffering less than the worst-hit countries, Bulgaria recorded its worst economic results since the 1997 meltdown.

Although each country has made its own adaptations and changes to the format, the contestants are confined to a specially designed house where their every action is recorded by cameras and microphones at all times and they are not permitted to make any contact with the outside world.

Although they fell to the " Hitless Wonders " White Sox in the 1906 World Series, the Cubs recorded a record 116 victories and the best winning percentage (. 763 ) in Major League history.

Although the date of his birth is nowhere recorded, Constantine II cannot have been born any later than the year after his father's death, that is 879.

Although noting in the introduction to ' The Protestors ' that ' Some recorded herein perhaps did not have " all the truth " — so the writer has been reminded ', Eyre nevertheless claimed that the purpose of the work was to ' tell how a number of little-known individuals, groups and religious communities strove to preserve or revive the original Christianity of apostolic times ', and that ' In faith and outlook they were far closer to the early springing shoots of first century Christianity and the penetrating spiritual challenge of Jesus himself than much that has passed for the religion of the Nazarene in the last nineteen centuries '.

Although no other instances of lion predation on chimpanzees have been recorded, the larger group sizes of savanna chimps may have developed as a response to threats from these big cats.

Although the first recorded dictionaries date back to Sumerian times ( these were bilingual dictionaries ), the systematic study of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest themselves is a 20th century enterprise, called lexicography, and largely initiated by Ladislav Zgusta.

Although amounts vary with the location, rain is possible throughout the year, with the greatest monthly totals recorded from June through October.

Although scores of mostly mild seismic shocks were recorded in 1986, volcanic eruptions ceased thousands of years ago.

Although the characters ' voices are recorded in a studio, ADR is necessary whenever members of the cast cannot all be present at once.

Although many of the mining methods are now redundant, such as hushing and fire-setting, it is Pliny who recorded them for posterity, thereby helping us understand their importance in a modern context.

Although Drake's birth is not formally recorded, it is known that he was born while the Six Articles were in force.

Although usually thought of as a spiritual, the earliest recorded use of the song was as a rallying anthem for the Contrabands at Fort Monroe sometime before July 1862.

Although Hogmanay is currently the predominant spelling and pronunciation, a number of variant spellings and pronunciations have been recorded, including:

Although an earthquake-prone region, as of early 1989 no severe shocks had been recorded for several centuries.

Although the death of Rebecca, Jacob's mother, is not explicitly recorded in the Bible, Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died and was buried at Bethel, at a place that Jacob calls Allon Bachuth ( אלון בכות ), " Oak of Weepings " ( Genesis 35: 8 ).

Although legislative votes are recorded and are available to the American public, legislators can exchange their votes on issues they do not care much about for votes on other issues that are more important to their personal agendas ( Holcombe 2006 ).

Although recorded Luxembourgian history dates back to Roman times, the history of Luxembourg proper is considered to begin in 963.

Although attendances were not recorded for many of the earliest matches at North Road, the highest documented attendance was approximately 15, 000 for a First Division match against Sunderland on 4 March 1893.

Although the games existed in pockets in Europe -- it is recorded as being played as early as the 17th century by merchants in England -- it has never gained much popularity in most regions, except in the Baltic area, where once it was a very popular game (" Bohnenspiel ") and Bosnia, where it is called Ban-Ban and still played today.

Although Nova Scotia has a somewhat moderated climate, there have been some very intense heatwaves and cold snaps recorded over the past 160 years.

Although not named by Lloyd, a fifth daughter, Catrin, is recorded elsewhere.

Although Orbison recorded and wrote standard structure songs before " Only the Lonely ", he claimed never to have learned how to write them: " I'm sure we had to study composition or something like that at school, and they'd say ' This is the way you do it ,' and that's the way I would have done it, so being blessed again with not knowing what was wrong or what was right, I went on my own way .... So the structure sometimes has the chorus at the end of the song, and sometimes there is no chorus, it just goes ... But that's always after the fact — as I'm writing, it all sounds natural and in sequence to me.