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
beautiful artist magic
The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist.
beautiful song paris
The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French.
beautiful artist voice
The voice is certainly important and you can hear if it's beautiful or not, it's the gods who decide; it's more a question of what you do with the voice, which is the mysterious element. It's the personality behind the voice which makes the artist. The voice is a gift of God, but if you're not able to use this gift, what's left? Nothing but a beautiful voice, without nuance or colour.
berlin musician september
I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.
strong media vehicle
The media can be a really strong vehicle.
winter nightlife salzburg
The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time.
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.
simple voice touching
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.
thinking feelings way
I think the music of Mozart is like a universe of human feelings, sentiments and fragility, and ... that's why it's so 'actual' in a way, so modern.
culture difficult take-time
It's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture.
thinking voice errors
Well, I don't think a specific role can destroy your voice. What can destroy your voice is when you... make an error. Everybody can make an error. But then you need to realize what is your way.
dimensions
So you see, movies are really another dimension.
character men people
People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction.
voice boss owners
Well, what I tried to do is to just listen to my voice, because my voice is my boss. She decides.