'The secret is passion': The life of legendary mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli 

Our heroine! Our trailblazer! Our risk taker! The rebellious librarian! The queen! The sorceress! The one.

When I first heard her, I was frozen in time. My heart stopped, and I held my breath. I've appreciated opera for 55 years...I never heard anything like her..a true coloratura. What a great gift she shares..I never said it out loud , yes the stage is sacred.

La cosa che più mi commuove è vedere e sentire tante persone unite da una passione . Mi fa pensare che c'è del buono nel mondo 😊

In my humble opinion Cecelia has the most glorious voice God ever created.

absolutely love her

we LOVE Cecilia

She can agitata my due venti whenever she wants. Absolute G.O.A.T. Of the mezzo range and especially the works of Rossini. We bow to you goddess. 🙏🏼

Grande 👏

Beautiful story of love. Parents are the best teachers

❤❤❤wonderful video and wonderful Cecilia 👍👍👍🔝🔝🔝💋💋💋

Vivat and Cheers for Mrs Cecilia Bartoli !

Fabulous!

Happy Birthday Cecilia !

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She is THE CONSUMMATE mezzo soprano. I would even put her above Marilyn Horne and that's saying a lot.

Nice !👍🎶🎭🕊🌿

Amo a Cecilia!

She's also been playing soprano rolls and sang soprano arias. I believe she can sing all vocal ranges.

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la mia musa

Anyone know the name of the aria that Bartoli is singing as she's playing the piano at 3:09?

It's good to keep the head back and go forward, but it's better to keep intact the spirit of those times, and compose new music, because this great controversy happens in our days, we fancy ourselves "progressive", but what has worth and value and what people of all classes STILL consider of any worth is what WAS, not what we have - that is only for a few who seem to "need" and "enjoy" it, not for all!!!.....So, in Truth, we live in the most regressive age of any time in history, ever - if they decided to ban the old, it will be with violence, not from the will of the people, who keep on going back there, because nothing in the present convinces.....✝️

A "legendary" artist solely through her albums, she barely sung in any of the important venues because her voice is very small, like a mosquito