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Cecilia Bartoli’s new album ‘Farinelli’ will be issued in November

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Cecilia Bartoli’s new album celebrates the life and career of the most famous opera singer of the eighteenth century: the castrato Farinelli. This Decca disc marks three decades of Bartoli’s collaboration with the label, the first being Rossini Arias which was released in August 1989. Over sixty CDs later comes Farinelli which will be issued on 8 November 2019. In those thirty … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli’s new album ‘Farinelli’ will be issued in November

Salzburg, L’italiana in Algeri – the role Cecilia Bartoli was born to play

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Cecilia Bartoli was made to sing Isabella. Rossini wrote L’italiana in Algeri 200 years ago, but he could have been thinking of her. She waited until she was 50 to sing the role, though having pushed her voice into the stratosphere with feats of extreme-singing in her Sacrificium programme [the castrati repertoire] she hindered her ability to return to such a low-laying part. … [Read more...] about Salzburg, L’italiana in Algeri – the role Cecilia Bartoli was born to play

Cecilia Bartoli – the enchantress casts her spell at the Lucerne Festival

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After a couple of years of not hearing La Bartoli live, I was a little apprehensive before her concert at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, KKL, after having read Rupert Christiansen’s Telegraph review of her concert with Rolando Villazón last December describing her voice as ‘worn and threadbare’, having followed her calendar with its many performances of Norma, and … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli – the enchantress casts her spell at the Lucerne Festival

Cecilia Bartoli cancels her American tour

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Cecilia Bartoli has withdrawn from her US Tour "due to unforeseen circumstances". The tour was to kick off in six days time from Santa Monica, five concerts in all, taking in Irvine and finishing in Berkeley on 2 April. The Los Angeles Times reports that organisers Universal Music Arts & Entertainment were "unable to elaborate on the reasons behind the cancellation". … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli cancels her American tour

First reactions for Cecilia Bartoli as Norma

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Who loves Cecilia Bartoli, will probably love her Norma. Her eyes sparkle, she rolls her 'R's, breathes the piani, and tackles the coloratura easily. Her stage début in Norma wants to get rid of the existing performance tradition; to free interpreters from the shadow of Maria Callas. Bartoli's Norma is a celebration of her own personal style: somewhat mannered, but perfect, and … [Read more...] about First reactions for Cecilia Bartoli as Norma

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