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agnellodei (October 6, 2008 at 2:30 pm)
Her Rossini coloratura is more shotgun, but her Mozart coloratura is VERY legatto.
agnellodei (October 6, 2008 at 2:29 pm)
Oh believe me, no one is gonna be asking her to sing Norma, but this is a recital tribute to La Malibran, just that...she is not trying to be the new Norma.
wotansings (October 5, 2008 at 10:37 am)
The question is not power, irm dfinetely not fond in screaming or loud singing. But this here is a studio version for microphone only, these sounds may be beautiful, but will not be heard on stage. An experiment not opera singing. A singer (on stage) is to be heard, in ALL parts I have seen her, she was definitely not (exept in recital). I love her in Baroque repertoire, but NOT in Mozart or belcanto. She's a fine singer and musician, but even she can't sing everything. And Norma she can not.
agnellodei (October 4, 2008 at 6:47 pm)
That's what Bellini wrote... ppp sotto voce, plus the delicate sound of the period instruments...one cannot be belting out. It's like modern tenors singing strained and forceful high C's as Elvino when it is written ppp molto dolce.
asisecanta (October 4, 2008 at 3:03 pm)
Too pianissimo!!! Not a GREAT Casta Diva.
agnellodei (October 3, 2008 at 3:43 pm)
Well, back in the day voices were trained to sing beautifully, not loudly, and carry as far they could. Now it seems is more important to sing loudly than beautifully for some people.
wotansings (October 3, 2008 at 12:48 pm)
well for Mozart (having seen her Don Giovanni in Zurich I can say, her voice is NOT big enough. She was fighting all the time (and lost).
wotansings (October 3, 2008 at 12:42 pm)
sorry, but Marco Callas is right. Her coloratura (in Rossini) is spectacular, sure, but bizarre and without legato. Nothing to do with the coloratura itself, there were and are so many sigers who can do it WITH legato (Horne, Valentini-Terrani, Podles, Blythe...). He did't talk about loudness, but about a supported voice, here in this studio recording it's defintely not (probably to create some sort of effect). IHMO very bad taste and out of style. All in all a studio experiment.
DaxaVr (September 28, 2008 at 8:50 pm)
Thanks for making posibile, to hear this magic voice of Cecilia Bartoli. Sorry for bad english. ;]
neronnenn (September 22, 2008 at 10:41 am)
La classe di Cecilia è immensa, il suo tributo alla Malibran toccante | 
