Biography cecilia bartoli newspaper

Born in Rome, Cecilia is the daughter of singing teacher Silvana Bazzoni....

The soloist was Cecilia Bartoli, the year-old Italian mezzo-soprano who in the last few years has become the opera world's darling, and not without reason.

Born on June 4, 1966, in Rome, Italy; daughter of Pietro Angelo and Silvana (Bazzoni) Bartoli. Education: Attended Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. Addresses: Record company--Decca Broadway, 825 8th Ave., New York, NY 10019.

Website--Cecilia Bartoli Official Website: http://www.deccaclassics.com/artists/bartoli/.

The exceptionally talented mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has had critics raving and opera fans flocking to her concerts since she began her career in the mid-1980s.

The opera star is known for her musical obsessions, her latest being the music and repertoire of 19th-century diva Maria Malibran.

She was born in Rome in , if not quite backstage then certainly not too far from it.

Born in Rome, Cecilia is the daughter of singing teacher Silvana Bazzoni.

At the age of 25, Miss Bartoli has already recorded three Rossini recitals, "The Barber of Seville" and a Mozart album (all on London), plus the.

Though born in Rome, she has settled in Zurich and has formed a close relationship with the city's opera house.

She is the rarest of creatures, press reports say, a coloratura mezzo. Opera lovers call Bartoli's voice a gift, something that comes along only once a generation. Newsweek's Katrine Ames raved: "She has a voice that bubbles up through three and a half octaves, and runs down like rich, warm brandy, the range matched by breakneck agility and breathtaking fioriture." Linda Blandford of the New York Times noted: "[Her voice] is all of one piece, seamless, as vibrant at the top as it is on the botto