Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli
OMRI
Bartoli at the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels in 2007
Born (1966-06-04) 4 June 1966 (age 58)
Rome, Italy
EducationConservatorio Santa Cecilia
Occupations
  • Opera singer
  • recitalist
  • arts administrator
Years active1987–present
Title
Spouse
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(m. 2011)​
Awards
Websitewww.ceciliabartoli.com
Bartoli after a concert performance of La Cenerentola at the Salle Pleyel, 2008

Cecilia Bartoli OMRI (Italian: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ˈbartoli]; born 4 June 1966) is 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 2001, her voice was known for its "fully developed sumptuousness of the lower register, the vibrancy of the middle range...the top was limpid and powerful", and she was one of the most popular opera singers of recent years.[1]

  1. ^ Wroe, Nicholas (13 October 2001). "The Guardian profile: Cecilia Bartoli – Classic case of success". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2013. Bartoli is not only selling more CDs than ever before, she is doing so with a repertoire that would have been thought arcane even at the height of the classical boom