Cecilia Bartoli maintains a near-perfect mezzo-soprano instrument, which she patently refuses to expose to material that might damage it; never will we hear Bartoli in voice-destroying roles such as Carmen nor in heavyweight mezzo parts such as those encountered in Wagner's Ring cycle. Even though she is a mainstream classical artist, the most modern composer she has recorded is Pauline Viardot, and even the Decca releases that established her as a star stick to composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Rossini. Bartoli ...
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Cecilia Bartoli maintains a near-perfect mezzo-soprano instrument, which she patently refuses to expose to material that might damage it; never will we hear Bartoli in voice-destroying roles such as Carmen nor in heavyweight mezzo parts such as those encountered in Wagner's Ring cycle. Even though she is a mainstream classical artist, the most modern composer she has recorded is Pauline Viardot, and even the Decca releases that established her as a star stick to composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Rossini. Bartoli eschews powerful vocal production in favor of greater flexibility, an ideal match for Baroque and Classical literature. Although one would not have pegged Bartoli as an early music specialist based on her earlier recordings, clearly she has found a place as an expert interpreter of such music. In Opera Proibita, where she is accompanied by the redoubtable Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre, it is hard to imagine anyone doing better in this material, over half of it never before...
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![Opera Proibita [Limited Edition] - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano); Eric Bellocq (baroque guitar); Eric Bellocq (continuo); Eric Bellocq (theorbo); Jérôme Hantaï (continuo); Jérôme Hantaï (viola da gamba); Jory Vinikour (organ); Jory Vinikour (harpsichord); Jory Vinikour (continuo)](https://www2.alibris-static.com/opera-proibita-limited-edition/cover/m50146vj3j8_l.jpg)
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