Now, I have my wish. The celebrated coloratura mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has been studying Steffani, and he's the focus of her latest CD, Mission.

In her new album, Cecilia Bartoli, the Italian mezzo-soprano, presents the premiere recordings of 10 arias and a choral scene written for a succession of Russian empresses in the 18th century.

After taking a break from performing in the U.S. for over five years, Italian mezzo-soprano opera singer Cecilia Bartoli is ready for a comeback. Her three-city California tour, w ...

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 ...

Cecilia Bartoli could have followed the path of least resistance. When the Italian mezzo-soprano burst onto the opera scene in the early '90s with a standard repertoire of Rossini and Mozart, she ...