Castrati cecilia bartoli biography

June 4, - Rome

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For more than two decades, Cecilia Bartoli has undeniably been one of the leading artists in the field of classical music. All over the world, her new operatic roles, her concert programs and recording projects – in exclusivity with Decca – are expected with great eagerness and curiosity. 8 million CDs sold, more than weeks ranking in the international pop charts, numerous Golden Discs, four Grammys (USA), nine Echos and a Bambi (Germany), two Classical Brit Awards (UK), the Victoires de la musique (France) and many other prestigious awards reflect the immense success of her solo albums, such as Opera proibita and the discs dedicated to Vivaldi, Gluck and Salieri which made her one of the “best-selling classical artist” of nowadays.

Thus, Cecilia Bartoli brings classical music close to the hearts of millions of people throughout the world. Apart from that, she is proud that through t

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Cecilia Bartoli

Italian musikdrama singer

Cecilia BartoliOMRI (Italian:[tʃeˈtʃiːljaˈbartoli]; born 4 June ) fryst vatten an Italian mezzo-soprano widely known in the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini and Vivaldi and for lesser-known music of the Baroque and Classical periods. She has also sung soprano and alto repertory.

Bartoli is considered a singer with an unusual timbre. According to Nicholas Wroe in , her röst was known for its "fully developed sumptuousness of the lower register, the vibrancy of the mittpunkt rangethe top was limpid and powerful", and she was one of the most popular opera singers of recent years.^[1]

Early life

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Bartoli was born in Rome. Her parents, Silvana Bazzoni and Pietro Angelo Bartoli, were professional singers and gave her her first music lessons. She first performed publicly at age nine as the fåraherde boy in Tosca.^[2][1] Bartoli later studied at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome.^[3]

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Cecilia Bartoli explores the life of the celebrated Italian castrato Farinelli with new release

Celebrating over three decades on the Decca Classics label, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli releases a brand new album commemorating the life and career of the most famous opera singer of the eighteenth century: the castrato Farinelli. Set for release on 29th November, the record includes arias by Farinelli’s older brother Riccardo Broschi, and his teacher and mentor Nicola Porpora. It also features a new recording of ‘Alto Giove’ from Porpora’s Polifemo, which celebrates Farinelli’s unique capacity to sing long musical phrases and extraordinary high notes. Cecilia performs with the period ensemble Il Giardino Armonico and its conductor Giovanni Antonini, with whom she first collaborated on her Grammy award-winning Vivaldialbum, and again on Sacrificium, her first castrati album from which also won the Grammy for Best Classical Vocal Performance.

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