Cecilia Bartoli
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"Cecilia Bartoli", Order of Merit of the Italian Republic/Cavaliere OMRI is an Italian mezzo-soprano#Coloratura mezzo-soprano/coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist. She is best known for her interpretations of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Mozart and Gioachino Rossini/Rossini, as well as for her performances of lesser-known Baroque music/Baroque and classical music. She is known for having the versatility to sing soprano and mezzo roles.

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The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time.

I am a person of the 18th century.

"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."

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.

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

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.

Arizona is gorgeous. The sunshine in Arizona is gorgeous red.

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.

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