Cecilia Bartoli Quotes

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

  Cecilia Bartoli

  Opera, Firsts, Composer

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

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  Dream, Together, Way

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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.

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  Wine, Voice, Giving

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• 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 color.

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  Beautiful, Artist, Voice

  OperaNet Interview, www.culturekiosque.com.

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

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  Singing, Language, Feels

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• 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.

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  Nice, Color, Voice

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• 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.

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  Music, Believe, Support You

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• You need to love what youre doing.

  Cecilia Bartoli

  Needs

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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.

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  Inspiration, Important, World

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• 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.

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  Order, Talking, Voice

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• 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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  Sea, Feel Good, Singing

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• 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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  Thinking, Errors, Voice

  "Diva Cecilia Bartoli". Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. November 9, 1998.

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• I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything - but the moment you enjoy what you're doing, you try to express yourself, to find your way, and every time is different, of course.

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  Thinking, Comedian, Trying

  "Diva Cecilia Bartoli". Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. November 9, 1998.

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• I am a person of the 18th century.

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  Century, 18th Century, Persons

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

  Cecilia Bartoli

  Share

  "Diva Cecilia Bartoli". Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. November 9, 1998.

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• 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.

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  Teacher, Years, Voice

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

  Cecilia Bartoli

  Sunshine, Red, Arizona

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

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  Voice, Boss, Owners

  "Diva Cecilia Bartoli". Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. November 9, 1998.

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• It's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture.

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  Culture, Difficult, Take Time

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• 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

  Thinking, Feelings, Fragility

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• 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.

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  Teacher, Keys, Romantic Music

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• 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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  Beautiful, Song, Paris

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• 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.

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  Opera, Classic, Century

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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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  Thinking, Important, Vivaldi

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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

  Musician, Berlin, September

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