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
sea feel-good singing
I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing.
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.
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 important vivaldi
I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's also important to do the music of Handel, one of the greatest composers of the 18th century.
inspiration important world
Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It's a big source of inspiration. With what's going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace.
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.
wine voice giving
The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time.
impression naturally throat until
Just to have the impression that this comes naturally is just one way from the diaphragm I mean, until up to the throat and then outside... .and then you have to do this with every note.
learn months operas performed prague spent surprised time
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.
energy god hello lucky
I think at least God said hello to me. I was lucky, lucky to have the voice, but also lucky to have this energy to really want to do this.
firsts opera composer
We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.
dream together way
Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension.