Cecilia Bartoli quotes

Cecilia Bartoli is an acclaimed Italian mezzo-soprano and classical musician, renowned for her expressive voice and dynamic stage presence. Her repertoire spans Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic opera, captivating audiences worldwide. She continues to influence the music world both as a performer and as an artistic director. Here are 35 of her quotes:

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

Cecilia Bartoli

Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

I am a person of the 18th century.

Cecilia Bartoli

So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift.

Cecilia Bartoli

Well, what I tried to do is to just listen to my voice, because my voice is my boss. She decides.

Cecilia Bartoli

So you see, movies are really another dimension.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time.

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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.

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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.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

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I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

Cecilia Bartoli

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

Cecilia Bartoli

I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

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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.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

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