Cecilia Bartoli quotes - page 2

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:

You must feel what you're singing, not just have a good presentation of the language.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli

It's nice to have a great female composer in the program and add her color.

Cecilia Bartoli

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.

Cecilia Bartoli