53 Cecilia Bartoli Quotes
This is what I feel I'm born to do
I am a person of the 18th century
The media can be a really strong vehicle
So you see, movies are really another dimension
Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension
So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift
Arizona is gorgeous. The sunshine in Arizona is gorgeous red
I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome
You must feel what you're singing, not just have a good presentation of the language
It's like when you want to make a house, the technique is very important

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It's very special historic time, and there was a lot of change made in 18th century
Sometimes I can have a desire to do this and that, but my voice, it likes to go straight
It's nice to have a great female composer in the program and add her color
Well, what I tried to do is to just listen to my voice, because my voice is my boss. She decides
The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time
This is the secret, the repertoire. You have to try to consolidate your repertoire. It is a big step if you know how to do that
The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine. Give it time
We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi
I don't want to say the career is my prince, because I want a real prince. I feel it's a little like the story of my life
The moment you know how to walk, let's see, because this is like walking, then you can do whatever you want with your voice
I did a concert in September with the Berlin Philharmonic. They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them
I think at least God said hello to me. I was lucky, lucky to have the voice, but also lucky to have this energy to really want to do this
The beginning of the 19th century in Germany and Vienna was a new era with German composers writing in the German language
I think the music of Mozart is like a universe of human feelings, sentiments and fragility, and that's why it's so "actual" in a way, so modern
It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me
Actually, I would love to do some Handel operas. The oratorios are also beautiful. I would love to do it. It's also a priority to sing it in German
Performing this music here, where he was born, in a way you feel "Oh, this is what Mozart saw, this is what Mozart was breathing, the air, the atmosphere"
The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French
I was surprised to learn that Gluck spent some months in Prague at the time when we know operas by Vivaldi were being performed there
Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It's a big source of inspiration. With what's going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace
The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors
The first time I sang with David Daniels, I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist
People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction
The voice will guide you, will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice
When you are accompanied by the instrument, on an instrument like the lute, the lute and voice, you have this sound, and you feel how the music can be so touching and yet so simple
Just to have the impression that this comes naturally is just one way from the diaphragm I mean, until up to the throat and then outside. And then you have to do this with every note
When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice
When I suggested a Vivaldi disc, it was difficult to convince them to do it. But it was enormously successful and I proved that there was an audience ready to discover it. I like to present a project which has both a commercial and a cultural element. I try to combine them
The joy is actually in the music. It's the music that supports you and tells you what to do. It tells you how to fill the music. You don't have to be shy about feeling the music when you're singing. If you believe in music, the power of music, the music will support you and take you to another dimension
I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing
The voice is certainly important and you can hear if it's beautiful or not, it's the gods who decide, it's more a question of what you do with the voice, which is the mysterious element. It's the personality behind the voice which makes the artist. The voice is a gift of God, but if you're not able to use this gift, what's left? Nothing but a beautiful voice, without nuance or colour
Well, I don't think a specific role can destroy your voice. What can destroy your voice is when you make an error. Everybody can make an error. But then you need to realize what is your way
I know my body and what it's possible for me to do. Also, I want to keep the enjoyment of making music. Music is my passion and I don't want to lose this passion just because my schedule is full
Salieri was a pupil of Gluck. He was born in Italy in 1750 and died in Vienna in 1825. He left Italy when he was 16 and spent most of his life in Vienna. He's the key composer between classic music and romantic music. Beethoven was the beginning of romantic music, and he was the teacher of Beethoven and Schubert
I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything, but the moment you enjoy what you're doing, you try to express yourself, to find your way, and every time is different, of course
I like jazz of course, but jazz is almost classic. I like some Italian pop music. When I was a teenager I was a big fan of Flamenco music since I was studying Flamenco. But I was also listening to Madonna and Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson was my idol. I still believe he was one of the greatest pop stars
You have different directors, and as a singer you have to be an actress too. It's a fusion, make singers interesting, or this makes an artist actually, the fusion between music and comedienne is together
The moment you start with every note being built, this famous house, and then you can play, you can put every furniture you want in the house. And this is a little bit like with the voice. And then you can play. You can play anything
It's very difficult, because also at the end of the opera, so I have to try to keep energy, the energy and the freshness of the voice until the end, so it's really a big lesson that Rossini wanted to give to every singer, to every mezzo, yes
German is more familiar now since I live part of the year in Rome and part in the German part of Switzerland. But it's not difficult to sing in German, it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture

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It's a dream come true, and with this music, with this Rossini, it's unbelievable how to express the joy and express the joy of the situation and the joy to play this music, to sing this music, it's really fantastic
I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's also important to do the music of Handel, one of the greatest composers of the 18th century
I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as the music of Monteverdi. He's one of the greatest opera composers. He was the one who really started the opera