Cats are flying out of bags as the secrets of Bartoli’s new album come to light
It is suitably apt that moles, defectors and double agents have been lurking waiting to destabilise Decca’s secret project.
So the new Cecilia Bartoli album, Mission, will be released on October 2. The tracklist is as follows:
1. “Schiere invitte, non tardate” (da Alarico il Baltha)
2. “Ogni core può sperar” (da Servio Tullio)
3. “Ove son? Chi m’aita? In mezzo all’ombre… Dal mio petto” (da Niobe)
4. “Più non v’ascondo” (da Tassilone)
5. “Amami, e vederai” (da Niobe)
6. “T’abbraccio, mia Diva/Ti stringo, mio Nume” (duetto da Niobe)
7. “Mie fide schiere, all’armi!… Suoni, tuoni, il suolo scuota”
8. “Sposa, mancar mi sento… Deh non far colle tue lagrime” (da Tassilone)
9. “Non prendo consiglio”
10. “Si, si, riposa, o caro… Palpitanti sfere belle” (da Alarico il Baltha)
11. “Notte amica al cieco Dio” (da La libertà contenta)
12. “Combatton quest’alma” (duetto da I trionfi del fato)
13. “A facile vittoria” (da Tassilone)
14. “Tra le guerre e le vittorie” (da Leonato)
15. “Foschi crepuscoli”
16. “Dell’alma stanca a raddolcir le tempre… Sfere amiche, or date al labbro” (da Niobe)
17. “La cerasta più terribile” (da La lotta d’Hercole con Acheloo)
18. “Serena, o mio bel sole… Mia fiamma/Mio ardore” (duetto da Niobe)
19. “Dal tuo labbro amor m’invita” (da Tassilone)
20. “Deh stancati, o sorte” (da La libertà contenta)
21. “Svenati, struggiti, combatti, suda” (da La libertà contenta)
22. “Padre, s’è colpa in lui”
23. “Timori, ruine”
24. “Morirò fra strazi e scempi” (da Henrico Leone)
25. “Non si parli che di fede”
They are all, as anticipated, arias by Agostino Steffani. For the duets Bartoli will be teamed with Philippe Jaroussky.
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
