Chant d’AmourSongs by Bizet, Delibes, Viardot, Berlioz and Ravel; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Myung-Whun Chung, piano (London).Known for her Rossini and Mozart opera roles, the vocal ...

Reached by phone in Europe, where Bartoli has been on tour performing the songs from “Sacrificium,” the singer admits that Michael Jackson was on her mind as she was putting the finishing ...

Superdiva Cecilia Bartoli, known for her vocal feats and devotion to vocal drama, dares to perform obscure and difficult arias sung by some of the most famous castrati in the 18th century.

Bartoli says that part of the reason she embarked on this project was the tragic nature of the castrati. “On the cover of my album, I wanted to show a strong image of a female voice in a male ...

Cecilia Bartoli is a niche diva: She has managed to carve out a major international career on the strength of a limited and idiosyncratic repertory. This rests entirely on a personal magnetism ...

Cecilia Bartoli, the world's best-known (and best) mezzo-coloratura, is spending the better part of two years celebrating the 200th birthday of Maria Malibran, the first female opera singer to ...

April 11 -- One of the few mezzo-soprano superstars to emerge since the early 19th century, Cecilia Bartoli and her angelic voice have re-ignited interest in classical music. Born in Rome in 1966 ...