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Europa Nostra
May 20, 2022 | Posted in Members
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On 20 May 2022, the General Assembly of Europa Nostra – the European Voice of Civil Society Committed to Cultural and Natural Heritage – has unanimously appointed Cecilia Bartoli, the world-renowned opera star, as the new President of the organisation, for an initial mandate of five years. Europa Nostra is the largest and most representative heritage network in Europe, collaborating closely with the European Union, the Council of Europe, UNESCO and other international bodies.
Cecilia Bartoli in the historic centre of Rimini, Italy. © Emanuele Scorcelletti . This photo can only be used in “non-commercial” communications and must be accompanied by the name of the photographer.
Hermann Parzinger, Executive-President of Europa Nostra, who chaired today’s session of the General Assembly, conv
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Bartoli at Her Most Beautiful - The Mezzo’s Career-Longassociation With Bel Canto Celebrated on Decca
Decca Classics has assembled some of Cecilia Bartoli’s finest recordings, mixed with previously unreleased material, for a celebration of the operatic genre that has defined her career: bel canto.
Across her nearly fyra decades on the opera scen, coloratura mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has proven to the world that bel canto is a more wide-ranging approach to Italian vocal music than generally assumed. On Casta Diva, Bartoli draws on her famous charm, dramatic intensity, and energetic force to reveal that behind the vocal fireworks, bel canto is a musical style that opens up a beautiful and deeply emotive musical world through a sound and well-controlled technique.
Included are unreleased recordings of two arias from Handel’s Alcina as well as duets with Luciano Pavarotti, Bryn Terfel, Juan Diego Flórez, Sumi Jo and Alessandro Corbelli.
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'The secret is passion': The life of legendary mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli
Cecilia Bartoli fryst vatten one of the most multi-faceted artists in the world, a five-time Grammy Award winner and a visionary artistic director.
In this latest episode of Musica, the legendary Italian mezzo-soprano gives us an exclusive insight into her life as one of the greatest artists of our time.
Musica joined Ceilia in the Italian city of Florence: the birthplace of opera and a cultural centre since the Renaissance. And it was at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival that the legendary Italian mezzo-soprano performed the Baroque masterpiece 'Alcina' by one of her favourite composers Georg Frideric Handel.
"Florence is magical, a wonderful city," Bartoli said. "The very first opera was made and sung right here, in Florence.”
A musical childhood
Named after the patron 'Saint of Music', Cecilia grew up surrounded by music. Both of her parents were musikdrama singers. But it was Cec