Cecilia Bartoli
Cecilia Bartoli
Cecilia Bartoli, Cavaliere OMRIis an Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist. She is best known for her interpretations of the music of Mozart and Rossini, as well as for her performances of lesser-known Baroque and classical music. She is known for having the versatility to sing soprano and mezzo roles...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth4 June 1966
CountryItaly
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The beginning of the 19th century in Germany and Vienna was a new era with German composers writing in the German language.
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We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.
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It's nice to have a great female composer in the program and add her color.
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Performing this music here, where he was born, in a way you feel 'Oh, this is what Mozart saw, this is what Mozart was breathing; the air, the atmosphere'.
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Sometimes I can have a desire to do this and that, but my voice-it likes to go straight.
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I was surprised to learn that Gluck spent some months in Prague at the time when we know operas by Vivaldi were being performed there.
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You have different directors, and as a singer you have to be an actress too. It's a fusion-make singers interesting, or this makes an artist actually, the fusion between music and comedienne is together.
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It's very difficult, because also at the end of the opera, so I have to try to keep energy, the energy and the freshness of the voice until the end, so-it's really a big lesson that Rossini wanted to give to every singer, to every mezzo, yes.
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So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift.
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You need to love what youre doing.
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I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as the music of Monteverdi. He's one of the greatest opera composers. He was the one who really started the opera.
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I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything-but the moment you enjoy what you're doing, you try to express yourself, to find your way, and every time is different, of course.
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I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.
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The media can be a really strong vehicle.