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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I like jazz of course, but jazz is almost classic. I like some Italian pop music. When I was a teenager I was a big fan of Flamenco music since I was studying Flamenco. But I was also listening to Madonna and Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson was my idol. I still believe he was one of the greatest pop stars.
mozart music performing
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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When you are accompanied by the instrument-on an instrument like the lute-the lute and voice-you have this sound, and you feel how the music can be so touching and yet so simple.
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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 did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.
teacher romantic-music keys
Salieri was a pupil of Gluck. He was born in Italy in 1750 and died in Vienna in 1825. He left Italy when he was 16 and spent most of his life in Vienna. He's the key composer between classic music and romantic music. Beethoven was the beginning of romantic music, and he was the teacher of Beethoven and Schubert.
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I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome.
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The joy is actually in the music. It's the music that supports you and tells you what to do. It tells you how to fill the music. You don't have to be shy about feeling the music when you're singing. If you believe in music-the power of music-the music will support you and take you to another dimension.
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I know my body and what it's possible for me to do. Also, I want to keep the enjoyment of making music. Music is my passion and I don't want to lose this passion just because my schedule is full.
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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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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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It's very special historic time, and there was a lot of change made in 18th century.
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Actually, I would love to do some Handel operas. The oratorios are also beautiful. I would love to do it. It's also a priority to sing it in German.
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The moment you start with every note being built-this famous house-and then you can play-you can put every furniture you want in the house. And this is a little bit like with the voice. And then you can play. You can play anything.